Reviews - The Queens of Crime

834 reviews for:

The Queens of Crime

Marie Benedict

3.85 AVERAGE

reeleeoh's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

kirmelmacchiato's review against another edition

3.0

Believe it or not I have never read a Benedict book before despite several of them being on my lists.

This was a creative and fun read- the messaging is a touch heavy handed but not in a way that makes the story hard to enjoy.

I definitely found myself engaged in the mystery and finding out who did it. Once I got into it, this one was a page turner.

Perfectly entertaining. I don’t know that I’d recommend it per se, but I wouldn’t dissuade anyone who mentioned reading this one.

bajoswa's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

tracy_booksandtzus's review against another edition

4.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

untypica's review against another edition

3.5

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I enjoyed the tie ins to historical events and people.

bibliosteph's review against another edition

3.0

lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

srash's review against another edition

3.0

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was an enjoyable book. It's from the perspective of Dorothy Sayers and very loosely based on a true story. I like my historical fiction to be more atmospheric, evocative and gritty than this, but I mainly enjoyed it as an ode to Golden Age detective fiction. Benedict is clearly a fan, and there are a lot of little Easter eggs, including famous authors as characters, like the Agatha Christie, that are enjoyable if you also enjoy that genre. It was also a good mystery on its own merits, though I guessed most of the twists. The book is especially interested in the nebulous role of women in society in the interwar period. The characters experience more freedom than they would have before WWI, but it comes at a price.