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Damsel in Distress by Carola Dunn

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rebeccabadger's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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4.0

I loved this one and spent 2 nights in a row staying up way too late to read it. I think it was my favorite in the series. I liked the change of pace from “someone gets murdered, discover the body, find out who done it.” And I really liked reading from Phillip’s perspective in this book. The main reason I took off a star was for alllllll the complicated geographical descriptions. It could be because I was up too late reading and was very tired, but all those descriptions seemed very complicated and hard to follow. I like to get an idea of the scene and picture where everything is laid out, but I had to do that over and over again in this book. So much that I started skimming those parts a bit. Still loved this one though!

gray5217's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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adventurous lighthearted relaxing

3.75

coffee_and_chapters's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

Another fun adventure for Daisy Dalrymple!

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2.0

Damsel in Distress
2 Stars

When the American heiress he has taken a shine to is kidnapped, Philip Petrie enlists Daisy's help to get her back. The only snag is that she cannot inform Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher.

Oh no! This was awful.

To begin with, the pacing is excruciatingly slow with far too much description of nonsensical detail. The interactions and dialogue between the members of Daisy's snobby "set" are annoying, and the supposed period vocabulary (right-ho!, silly chump, poor prune, etc...) is ridiculous.

The kidnapping plot has potential but the identity of the American co-conspiritor is laughably obvious at the start, and the idea that a bunch of spoiled, elitist aristocrats would participate in a search for an unknown American woman is completely unrealistic.

The only enjoyable moments are those between Daisy and Alec, and these are few and far between.

Finally, Mia Chariamonte's narration is dreadful. I hope the next book is better.