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ruxiemcgouth's review against another edition
4.0
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ruth's review against another edition
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? It's complicated
3.0
beesarenotflies's review against another edition
3.0
Not much to say. This book was dull in the middle but started strong and ended strong. I figured out quite early who did it, just not the why. Dame Frevisse is an enjoyable character.
affiknittyreads's review against another edition
2.0
Not bad, not terribly compelling. Perfectly adequate as light genre reading, if you like historical mysteries with amateur detectives.
maryrobinson's review against another edition
4.0
The first in a series featuring Sister Frevisse as the “detective.” Great introduction! Very fun medieval mystery with the wonderful, feisty nuns solving mysteries, saving lives and tending souls, not necessarily in that order.
rena84's review against another edition
4.0
The characters are well drawn, the language is good and the plot is strong... but that doesn't begin to capture the magic of the book. The sense of time and place is truly evocative, and I love how the opinions and thinking of its characters are relevant to their own setting, not to ours today. This book has for me been absorbing and comforting in a troubled time. In short, this gem of a novel far exceeded my mild expectations, and has become a new favourite.
rosemaryandrue's review against another edition
4.0
When Lady Ermentrude comes to the St Frideswide convent to try and collect her niece, the novice Thomasine, pretty much no one is happy to see her. But apparently someone is unhappy enough to poison her and lay the blame on Thomasine.
This is an enjoyable historical mystery steeped in the rhythms of cloistered life. I liked Sister Frevisse and her pragmatic nature. The mystery was also a compelling one, though the clues were dropped in a heavy-handed enough fashion that I could easily pick up on them, even if I did not know what precisely they meant.
This is an enjoyable historical mystery steeped in the rhythms of cloistered life. I liked Sister Frevisse and her pragmatic nature. The mystery was also a compelling one, though the clues were dropped in a heavy-handed enough fashion that I could easily pick up on them, even if I did not know what precisely they meant.
feverdream_books's review
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.75
amalyndb's review against another edition
4.0
The first in the Sister Frevisse Medieval Mystery series. Was an interesting mystery, in terms of having no clue pretty much until the nearly end. While Benedictine orders are really not my thing, the details of the (mostly) secluded life and routines of the nuns held my attention.
lily_books's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
slow-paced