Reviews

The Camelot Caper by Elizabeth Peters

allisonami's review

Following a poor little girl around who know one will believe because she's a hysterical girl and things just sort of happen to her. Immensely frustrating.

itabar's review against another edition

It got too silly. Couldn't finish. Maybe I'll try to read it (vs. listen). A huge disappointment since I've liked or loved other EP books. Maybe I was in the wrong mood.

allisoncc's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-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

eserafina42's review against another edition

3.0

Definitely not one of my favorites, even if it does have Vicky Bliss's John in a supporting role.

racheljoy7's review against another edition

4.0

What a sweet little mystery story!

The story follows Jessica and David who are strangers when they meet on a dark and lonely night, in a dark and lonely little inn, in a dark and lonely little village in the English countryside. It's all very edge-of-your-seat stuff as they are chased by villains and then end up chasing them from town to town in search of some mystery or treasure or something.

And of course they inevitably fall in love ;).

sllingky's review against another edition

3.0

I'm a HUGE fan of the Amelia Peabody series, so I picked this one up hoping to dive into the Vicky Bliss series with as much excitement. Meh. As a story goes from a structure perspective, this one is poor. The plot feels like a wild goose chase with no purpose, almost stumbling along just to get fill pages without much of a reason. The characters are annoying at best and seem to try too hard to be smart and witty. That was not my experience with Amelia Peabody. With that in mind, the perspectives expressed in the book felt very dated to me, and I'm okay with that most of the time (because no author can write for future sensibilities and we have to accept that); but in this case, the dated aspects felt smug. I'm going to give the first real Vicky Bliss book (Borrower of the Night) a shot after this read, but I am already planning to go into it very wary of what I will find.

sjgochenour's review against another edition

3.0

ahahaha. Not consistent with later Vicky Bliss except in marvelous, marvelous characterization of John. I am saddened I did not make the connection before. Also: David Randall IS a charming hero who isn’t also a cad (see: the aforementioned John Tregarth.) so. I stand corrected.

liacooper's review against another edition

4.0

I grew up reading Nancy Drew and this felt like a more grown up version of that. very silly, very ridiculous but it's intended to be. fun romp. theres some very dated fatphobic language in this though i will warn you.

staceweb's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-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

4.0

jess_is_reading_in_abundance's review against another edition

2.0

This book was ok. It served its purpose of distracting me on my lunch breaks, but it will probably be a while before I pick up another Elizabeth Peters book. While being entertaining, she is also a bit much when it comes to the corny-ness.

Also, did anyone else wonder why there is a unicorn on the cover?