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annewithabook's review against another edition
5.0
"Only a man who knows nothing of reason talks of reasoning without strong, undisputed first principles." This is such an amazing and ingenious short story where Father Brown brilliantly outsmarts a brilliant but arrogant criminal. It is so much fun to read, and I highly recommend it!
skrivena_stranica's review against another edition
4.0
Zanimljive i lijepo napisane kriminalističke novele.
vesper1931's review against another edition
3.0
Can Father Brown outwit the great criminal Flambeau, and if so, how in my first Father Brown story.
An amusing short story. On to the next
An amusing short story. On to the next
emmaarrighi's review against another edition
4.0
this was nice. i look forward to reading more father brown
cawhite01's review against another edition
1.0
The story is an interesting concept, but the execution fell a bit flat for me. The detective as a character was uninteresting, and the story became predictable halfway through. I intend to read more Father Brown works, but The Blue Cross just didn't do it for me.
arlene_modernvintage's review against another edition
5.0
Title: The Innocence of Father Brown: The Blue Cross
Author: G. K. Chesterton
Published: 1911
Genre: Mystery
Summary: Flambeau is the greatest criminal in the world and no one quite knows where he will strike next. Except maybe Aristide Valentin who is the head of the French national police force. He believes that Flambeau is headed to London to try and rob the International Congress of Clergymen. But he finds that he is not the only person who knows who and where Flambeau is. Once he arrives in England he follows the clues to follow to Catholic Priests, one of which he believes the be Flambeau in disguise. As he and his British colleagues follow the two men Valentin becomes more and more sure that he is following Flambeau. But in the end it is not Valentin but sweet innocent little Farther Brown who unmasks the villain and saves the religious artifact.
What I liked about it: This is the first of so many Farther Brown short stories and it is super good. Father Brown is so sweet and funny and his way of looking at the world unique. I will admit that there are a lot of stories and a few of them drag and it took me a while to get through them but over all the stories are interesting and good.
Language: Well I must admit that I have only read the story once because I was introduced to Farther Brown by Jim Weiss’s presentation on the life and works of G. K. Chesterton and the version he read during the segment had no language. However there is some very mild swearing in the later stories.
Romance: Occasionally part of the plot deals with two people in love but there is never anything crude or dirty.
Violence: Well some of these are murder mysteries but it is never graphic.
Magic: None
Recommended Age: Well these are good but I think the oldie-timie British language may be a bit harder for younger kids to understand. That paired with the fact that they where written for adults I would say 13-14 and up.
Author: G. K. Chesterton
Published: 1911
Genre: Mystery
Summary: Flambeau is the greatest criminal in the world and no one quite knows where he will strike next. Except maybe Aristide Valentin who is the head of the French national police force. He believes that Flambeau is headed to London to try and rob the International Congress of Clergymen. But he finds that he is not the only person who knows who and where Flambeau is. Once he arrives in England he follows the clues to follow to Catholic Priests, one of which he believes the be Flambeau in disguise. As he and his British colleagues follow the two men Valentin becomes more and more sure that he is following Flambeau. But in the end it is not Valentin but sweet innocent little Farther Brown who unmasks the villain and saves the religious artifact.
What I liked about it: This is the first of so many Farther Brown short stories and it is super good. Father Brown is so sweet and funny and his way of looking at the world unique. I will admit that there are a lot of stories and a few of them drag and it took me a while to get through them but over all the stories are interesting and good.
Language: Well I must admit that I have only read the story once because I was introduced to Farther Brown by Jim Weiss’s presentation on the life and works of G. K. Chesterton and the version he read during the segment had no language. However there is some very mild swearing in the later stories.
Romance: Occasionally part of the plot deals with two people in love but there is never anything crude or dirty.
Violence: Well some of these are murder mysteries but it is never graphic.
Magic: None
Recommended Age: Well these are good but I think the oldie-timie British language may be a bit harder for younger kids to understand. That paired with the fact that they where written for adults I would say 13-14 and up.
niceus's review against another edition
1.0
The story is an interesting concept, but the execution fell a bit flat for me. The detective as a character was uninteresting, and the story became predictable halfway through. I intend to read more Father Brown works, but The Blue Cross just didn't do it for me.
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