Reviews - First Class Murder

336 reviews for:

First Class Murder

Robin Stevens

4.18 AVERAGE

nenechka's review

5.0

Fun caper with a red herring or two that I guessed. And the reappearance of a favourite character! Love to see more in this series.

vickylovesreading's review

5.0

Another excellent mystery solved by the Detective Society. Daisy and Hazel are fantastic well developed characters and I am loving these mysteries.

bergenslabben's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

devil_bear's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

It’s the 1920s and what’s more, it’s the holidays. Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells are taking a well earned break from Deepdean boarding school. Mr Wong, Hazel’s Father, is a very important business man from Hong Kong and he has booked a very special business trip on which to take the girls - they are to travel across Europe on the Orient Express! Daisy is a massive Agatha Christie fan and plans to read her books all the way there. Hazel is just so excited to be under talking this journey with her best friend. There’s some odd characters in their carriage and some tension before the wheels even get turning. And wouldn’t you just know it?! Some poor bugger ends up murdered and the only people who can crack the case are our fearless teenage heroines!

I absolutely love this series. Although they are aimed at young adult readers they are just a good, enjoyable read without being too challenging. They bark back to a time long ago when people said things like “Jolly good cake Mrs Bunty!” And “Toodlepip!”

booksandrabbits's review

4.0

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

litwithlexie's review

5.0

I like how this book mentioned the idea of this story which is Agatha Christies' orient express and Agatha her self, I like this as it doesn't copy Agatha Christies story it just uses the structure that there is a murder on a train which I like as you can see the difference between both story which makes the differences more noticeable and memorable to each story, but I like how the story has been kept similar to the original so it is not to far away from the original idea.

I really like the cause of why the train stops in this book to the original by Agatha Christie orient express as this puts more suspense as there could be a big risk for all the passengers.

I like the different location for the murders as it keeps the reader interested as you find new place and characters, this is shown with Mr Wong as we briefly hear about him in the first book but we don't full get to see him as a character. But I like how both of the girls have now had a story which has included one of their families as you get to see resemblance between the family and one of the girls but also development the girls personality for the reader as you get to see the relationship between the family.

I like how mrs vitellius is a previous character and you get to see character development and relationship between the girls and her.

I also like that the story always makes you think someone else did the murder to then surprise you when the truth is revealed.