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3.49 AVERAGE
3.49 AVERAGE
adventurous
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-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
Review - I really love Toni and I hope we see a lot more of her in future books. The foils of Collins, Wilkes and Bill Wong are interesting, as they're all so different and treat Agatha so differently. The mystery was quite a good one, although I did guess who the murderer was in the end. The drugs angle was something interesting and allowed Toni to take a more prominent role in the novel.
Genre? - Murder / Crime / Mystery
Characters? - Agatha Raisin / Toni Gilmour / Sir Charles Fraith / James Lacey / Mrs Bloxby / Roy Silver / Collins / Wilkes / Trixie / George Selby / Bill Wong
Setting? - Carsely (England)
Series? - Agatha Raisin #19
Recommend? - Yes
Rating - 16/20
Genre? - Murder / Crime / Mystery
Characters? - Agatha Raisin / Toni Gilmour / Sir Charles Fraith / James Lacey / Mrs Bloxby / Roy Silver / Collins / Wilkes / Trixie / George Selby / Bill Wong
Setting? - Carsely (England)
Series? - Agatha Raisin #19
Recommend? - Yes
Rating - 16/20
lighthearted
4 ⭐ = Good.
Another great little book. This series does make me smile.
Another great little book. This series does make me smile.
i will pay someone to never have to read or hear the phrase “snakes and bastards” ever again.
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
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:
Yes
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This book was okay. I bought it at the Red Cross book sale a couple of years ago and finally got around to reading it. About six pages in I found a bookmark, so I had obviously started it before and put it down. Now I did finally get around to reading it it only took me a couple of days!
It turned out that this book is part of a series, although it did not matter that I read them out of order. This book followed Agatha Raisin, who is a private detective. She was quite an annoying character, with petty feelings of jealously towards her co-worker Toni (19 year old beauty). Agatha fell for a man called George (entirely on his looks). Agatha was asked by one of her friends to publicise a county fair, with the main event being a jam tasting. Someone laced the jam with LSD and two people died (one thinking she could fly jumped off the church roof and the other drowned in the river).
This book was okay, I think if I had read a different book in the series already I would have enjoyed it more because I would know some of the characters already and would not be wondering who this person is or what her relationship was to them. But overall it was an easy read that was quite enjoyable and had a few unexpected twists.
It turned out that this book is part of a series, although it did not matter that I read them out of order. This book followed Agatha Raisin, who is a private detective. She was quite an annoying character, with petty feelings of jealously towards her co-worker Toni (19 year old beauty). Agatha fell for a man called George (entirely on his looks). Agatha was asked by one of her friends to publicise a county fair, with the main event being a jam tasting. Someone laced the jam with LSD and two people died (one thinking she could fly jumped off the church roof and the other drowned in the river).
This book was okay, I think if I had read a different book in the series already I would have enjoyed it more because I would know some of the characters already and would not be wondering who this person is or what her relationship was to them. But overall it was an easy read that was quite enjoyable and had a few unexpected twists.