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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
inspiring
mysterious
fast-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:
Complicated
A Victorian female socialite moonlighting as detective could pass as good fun, if it is cleverly done, but as an alias for Sherlock Holmes, not so much. This is a muddling, clumsy book all the way around.
Decent plot. Wasn’t easy to follow, in the same sense as Doyle’s Sherlock, I’m not totally in love with the series but 100% in love with the love interest.
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia
A fantastic start to a series I very much look forward to devouring.
This was EXCELLENT. I loved the basis - a female Sherlock Holmes and the quest to smartly and intellectually solve the mystery or murder. Charlotte Holmes is unique, quirky, and fun. Parts of the tale are laugh-out-loud funny. And the opening of the book? Charlotte's situation at the start of the tale with Roger Shrewsbury - so funny in a lovely, inappropriate way.
I listened to the audiobook and Kate Reading the narrator is excellent.
I enjoyed this so much, that I started on #2 today.
I listened to the audiobook and Kate Reading the narrator is excellent.
I enjoyed this so much, that I started on #2 today.
Format: Audiobook
Source: Libby by Overdrive (my library)
Narrator(s): Kate Reading
Review
Listened to this book for my LitWit's Book Club.
I'm not really into mysteries, so I dove with a pretty low bar.
So the story basically goes like this:
The protagonist runs away from after she decides to sleep with a married man out of spit. Her dad didn't want to pay for her education. She then goes and lives in women's homes and ends up with Lady Watson as her companion. They try to figure out 3 murder cases and eventually.
I did like how independent Charlotte tried to be. She wanted to help both her older sister and younger sister. I could relate to that. The rest of the characters were pretty likeable, or at least their involvement in within the story actually made since. There was subtle romance, which I didn't mind.
Kate Reading does a great job in the narration. If she keeps narrating the audio version, I may follow the series.
Rating Breakdown:
Story/Plot: 4
Characters: 4
Narration: 5
Overall Rating: 4.3 (rounded down to 4)
Source: Libby by Overdrive (my library)
Narrator(s): Kate Reading
Review
Listened to this book for my LitWit's Book Club.
I'm not really into mysteries, so I dove with a pretty low bar.
So the story basically goes like this:
The protagonist runs away from after she decides to sleep with a married man out of spit. Her dad didn't want to pay for her education. She then goes and lives in women's homes and ends up with Lady Watson as her companion. They try to figure out 3 murder cases and eventually
Spoiler
figure out they all tied to one major caseI did like how independent Charlotte tried to be. She wanted to help both her older sister and younger sister. I could relate to that. The rest of the characters were pretty likeable, or at least their involvement in within the story actually made since. There was subtle romance, which I didn't mind.
Kate Reading does a great job in the narration. If she keeps narrating the audio version, I may follow the series.
Rating Breakdown:
Story/Plot: 4
Characters: 4
Narration: 5
Overall Rating: 4.3 (rounded down to 4)
Well done, although I thought the plot was a little jumbled at the end. And it was hard for me to keep all the characters straight.
Lots of fun in this alternate take on Sherlock Holmes.
This is a 3.5. Listened to the audiobook and really enjoyed this narrator.