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4.18 AVERAGE
4.18 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder
Minor: Infidelity, Sexism, Blood, Antisemitism, Cannibalism, Classism
Terrific read. Having just re-read Murder on the Orient Express, this was an excellent homage. Hazel and Daisy are riding the Orient Express with Hazel's father when a murder occurs, in Yugoslavia - explicit hat-tip to Agatha Christie - and the train is stopped by a bomb placed further up the tracks (not snow). In the absence of a Poirot, the grown-up investigation is handled extremely badly (who asks for cabins to be left unlocked and leaves them unguarded so that passengers can slip into other rooms to plant clues?!), leaving room for our heroines to do some very pretty feats of deduction, against the orders of Hazel's father. Besides the murder, there are a couple more suspicious cases going on simultaneously and the girls have a hand in them all. Quite a lot about racism, especially in mid-1930s Europe (Hazel is very conscious of this but rather blind to her own classist attitudes, which is very believable).
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
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
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