Scan barcode
robinwalter's review
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.5
Straightforward, old-fashioned fun! One of the most enjoyable of the 14 Brian Flynn stories I've read to date. I read as this as book 9 of 15 in my Dean Street December challenge for 2023, and it was the perfect pick me up after a dire Dalton for book 8. This was a bright breezy Bathurst, and it seems like the author may have had a lot of fun writing it. Certainly, Bathurst came across as more jovial and likeable than in some earlier outings, to me.
It might seem odd to talk up as breezy and fun a story set during the rise of Hitler and using that political background as its ostensible motivation, but the key to the story could be summed up in the famous maxim: Eschew obfuscation. There really is plenty of obfuscation to be eschewed. That much became clear fairly early on, but the who, how, and why still didn't fall into place until the end of this rollicking yarn.
It might seem odd to talk up as breezy and fun a story set during the rise of Hitler and using that political background as its ostensible motivation, but the key to the story could be summed up in the famous maxim: Eschew obfuscation. There really is plenty of obfuscation to be eschewed. That much became clear fairly early on, but the who, how, and why still didn't fall into place until the end of this rollicking yarn.
More...