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4.23 AVERAGE
4.23 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
informative
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
While Sansom maintains his habit of ending all his books in a similar manner, the stories set in London seem so much more action packed and tense than stories set outside of the city. Perhaps it's the travels across the city, the recurring characters and the depth they bring, or the politics that being in the capital brings but it shifts the story more towards thriller than mystery, making it a little more enjoyable for me.
The one thing that frustrates me with these full-cast dramatisations is that they are very much abridged. I wish there was a little more room in them for the characters to breathe, to immerse in the Tudor setting.
That'd be more expensive of course but it would be nice.
This book in particular suffers because there is a certain number of murders that need to take place and none of them are skippable, so everything else (which is mostly characterisation that ties the series together) has to take a backseat to the main plot.
Anyway, for this book I went the wrong way around. For this book, listen to this drama first, then go read the book in an unabridged format.
That'd be more expensive of course but it would be nice.
This book in particular suffers because there is a certain number of murders that need to take place and none of them are skippable, so everything else (which is mostly characterisation that ties the series together) has to take a backseat to the main plot.
Anyway, for this book I went the wrong way around. For this book, listen to this drama first, then go read the book in an unabridged format.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No