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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
I am informed by a person no less acquainted with the subject than my dear mother that Amelia's emotions throughout this novel are entirely understandable to a married person. Being an easily bored, stubborn, extremely single young person...I found her irritating enough to take a 4.5 star mystery and drop it to 3. Come on can she really be that dense? She's almost as annoying as Emerson when he starts getting jealous.
*sigh*
Loved Ramses. He's my favorite character in this book. Now that he's "lost" his annoying lisp-thing his ramblings are amusing and his actions are awesome. I look forward to more of him.
It was nice to have the mystery in England instead of Egypt. Broke up the familiar pace of the story and made for an interesting and entertaining read.
*sigh*
Loved Ramses. He's my favorite character in this book. Now that he's "lost" his annoying lisp-thing his ramblings are amusing and his actions are awesome. I look forward to more of him.
It was nice to have the mystery in England instead of Egypt. Broke up the familiar pace of the story and made for an interesting and entertaining read.
I can't believe this was so well reviewed. There are way too many commas and parentheses.
Enjoyable but not my favourite of the series, though I did enjoy the Victorian London setting as a change from Egypt
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
dark
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
LOVED this book!! I think the author was really in her groove when she wrote this one. I have read them all and had forgotten there was one set in London. One of (if not) my favorite series.
This book in the Amelia Peabody mysteries didn't immerse me in the story as well as the others. It was a bit droll in comparison. I'm actually sad that The Master Criminal didn't make an appearance. Otherwise, Amelia is still excellent and there were quite a few parts I liked.
3 years ago
The mystery in this outing of Peters' series about the intrepid Emerson family was most interesting, challenging and enjoyable. There was plenty of opportunity to attempt to solve the murders, should you be so inclined.
I myself am more engaged in soaking up the continuing affectionate rivalry between Amelia and Emerson, and, to a lesser extent, Amelia and her precocious [really, could he be ANYTHING else, given whom his parents are?!] son Ramses.
Amelia is given reason to be jealous of her dear spouse in the course of this investigation, and the fact that the Emersons are back in England as opposed to Egypt, where we normally find them, gave this book a nice variety of people and events to play off of as foils and adversaries.
The banter between Emerson and "Peabody" is as entertaining as ever, and is, if anything a bit more amusing, given that they are, in this instance, taking place on ground where Emerson is really out of his element and Amelia is the more at ease - that of the rules and etiquette of genteel British society.
This series continues to hold my interest and entertain me and make me laugh!
The Deeds of the Disturber does not take place in Egypt, but is still a fun and entertaining read. I remembered a few things from before but it had been a while so, I was surprised with who the culprit was revealed to be! I think this is the book where Ramses is starting to grow on me.