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Death Sets Sail by Robin Stevens

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emperor_e's review

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4.0

I loved this book so much. I just wish it wasn’t the last one

m4knae0ntop's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced

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

4.0

caramellensauce's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

3 stars - I enjoyed this! Twas rather predictable, and it’s middle grade/YA so I didn’t click with the pacing and writing style as I might have with an adult murder mystery novel. Naturally I only picked it up because it’s basically Agatha Christie’s Death On The Nile in middle grade form!

wonderlake's review

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And there we have it, the final mystery solved.

We are told quite early on into the book that Daisy is going to die. ie. Theodora dies on one day and we are told that before the end of the next day Daisy will be dead too. However, naturally it is a very long day full of questioning and detection.
So we neared the end of the novel, almost seemingly running out of pages, I mean you couldn't just have Daisy die and then The End. There would have to be chapters on how everyone was sad, and then starting to go about their Daisy-less lives.

So of course there had to be another 'twist'
Felt a bit sad that Lavinina, Beanie etc didn't really feature.
I was quite fd up of Daisy by the end. She wasn't heroic, she was a narcissist. Everone is her pawn. Is May going to be a 'Daisy in disguise'? She already seems that way, although maybe that's because she's being the "naughty little sister" trope