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jobryant's review against another edition
funny
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
3.0
english_lady03's review
My first Lord Peter Wimsey mystery. I have watched several of these, but never read them. Amazon Kindle has had several on sale recently, so I decided to buy them.
Sayers was of course a friend of C.S.Lewis and J.R.R Tolkien, but she stands on her own as one of the great crime fiction writers of the 20th century, pioneering the private detective/amateur sleuth protaganist alongside contemporaries like Chesterton and Christie.
Lord Peter is just the shade of quirky and eccentric that I love in a character. Not the point of absurdity though, the man has an amazingly sharp mind, a great love for literature, and sadly PTSD from the first world war. He's one of the more interesting protaganists of mysteries from this period.
There are some fascinating and disturbing explorations of human pyschology and the criminal mind in this novel, all the more interesting since this was the time when pyschology was in its infancy. Some of the ideas espoused by scientists are an unsettling foreshadowing of events which which happen later in the century.
Recommended for any who love classic detective fiction.
Sayers was of course a friend of C.S.Lewis and J.R.R Tolkien, but she stands on her own as one of the great crime fiction writers of the 20th century, pioneering the private detective/amateur sleuth protaganist alongside contemporaries like Chesterton and Christie.
Lord Peter is just the shade of quirky and eccentric that I love in a character. Not the point of absurdity though, the man has an amazingly sharp mind, a great love for literature, and sadly PTSD from the first world war. He's one of the more interesting protaganists of mysteries from this period.
There are some fascinating and disturbing explorations of human pyschology and the criminal mind in this novel, all the more interesting since this was the time when pyschology was in its infancy. Some of the ideas espoused by scientists are an unsettling foreshadowing of events which which happen later in the century.
Recommended for any who love classic detective fiction.
kerliaz's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
calfaile's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
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
3.75
thesporkidentity's review against another edition
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
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
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Antisemitism
thesporkidentity's review against another edition
Preferred another narration, though this was still very good
thesporkidentity's review against another edition
Didn't enjoy the narration as much as other versions.
mrsdaliborreads's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
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
4.0
cheekylaydee's review
dark
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
ketutar's review
4.0
I so enjoy Lord Peter. I love his fool act, and how Dorothy L. Sayers plays with the words and manages to make this very like Wodehouse. Agatha Christie's early novels have some of that same humor and lightness.
I had forgotten his shell shock. Being reminded of the "Sams" of the world was good. Bunter takes care of his lord, but who takes care of Bunter? Do the common soldiers and footmen not suffer from shell shock, because they don't "carry the responsibility"? Did people really think of PTSD as officers' problem?
I also enjoyed the injection scene.
I had forgotten his shell shock. Being reminded of the "Sams" of the world was good. Bunter takes care of his lord, but who takes care of Bunter? Do the common soldiers and footmen not suffer from shell shock, because they don't "carry the responsibility"? Did people really think of PTSD as officers' problem?
I also enjoyed the injection scene.