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The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan

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onegalonelife27's review against another edition

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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

3.75

 
On the day Inspector Chopra is set to retire he finds himself the owner of a baby elephant and a murder of a poor boy. Finding himself lost at this new stage in life, he decides to take on the boy's murder and the calf and an intriguing mystery story ensues. 

I felt like the mystery side of the story was very well put together, having some great details and twists! And some of the ways the trail dips and leads to into some hilarious, some intense situations was wonderful!

I did myself a bit confused on the setting, really the time when the story takes place. It introduces Chopra on a “mobile phone” yet then talks about Bombay riots which took place between 1992-1993, so at the end I settled on late 90s early 2000s. Personally, I prefer having setting established early on so I don’t have to mentally erase my idea of the setting again and again. 

There’s also the problem between Chopra and his wife-often called Poppy. They actually really cute couple-being opposites attract with years of loyalty between the two. However, Chopra decides to keep his investigating a secret, naturally worrying his wife. And there’s plenty of time when he could be honest with what he’s doing, though he’d get in trouble for doing something so dangerous, but decides to not worry her. Which of course, just makes her fear the worst in him. She is also facing a turning point in her life making for more domestic drama to follow which is gripping. This miscommunication often led me to hoping that the baby elephant would make Chopra fall into a cow pie because of how he was treating Poppy. 

Speaking of the little calf, his name is Ganesh and he is a delight. At first, Chopra takes the calf with him reluctantly due to no pet rule at his apartment and figuring out how to care for him. Leading to a few shenanigans, yet in time the two become close and leads to a sweet relationship and adds to the mystery as well.  

Despite its flaws, I did enjoy this book and the note it ends on makes me want to read of more Inspector Chopra and Ganesh’s investigations. So I recommend this if you want a book that straddles the line of lighthearted and good mystery. 
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shelbydong's review

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adventurous lighthearted mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

More of a 3.5 star. I thought the story line was great, a little slow at first but definitely picked up. I felt like Poppy’s story could have been taken out, it didn’t really do anything for the book. It did make me a little sad the treatment of the animals in the book, as well as just the overall setting of India. The author talks a lot about the poverty of India which I think is good to read, especially not knowing anything about India myself. But it was sad to read the lifestyle that Indians have.
Overall, I will definitely read the second book in this series!
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