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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
Listened to this one, also, and while it had a fun premise, I found the characters and the motives to be somewhat mediocre.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
The perfect cozy winter mystery!
mysterious
slow-paced
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A pleasant light read for this time of year - nice atmosphere, engaging protagonists - but a motive that stretched my credulity, an implausible set-up, and an unlikely tangle of relationships between the characters that not even the parochial setting made believable. As for Emily's decision - no, just no. I felt cheated.
• This was fun!
• The motive for the murder was a bit iffy, though.
• (I listened to this as an audiobook because I was ill and my eyes hurt).
• The motive for the murder was a bit iffy, though.
• (I listened to this as an audiobook because I was ill and my eyes hurt).
3.5 ⭐️
I really enjoyed this book. It was so interesting not to have a Christie book from Marple of Poirot’s point of view but from the supposed murderer’s fiancé. Emily Trefusis was such a great character - a prime example of chaotic good - and her balance of personal and conversational sleuthing to Inspector Narracott’s factual and evidence based police work.
***SPOILER WARNING***
Gotta love that in the end Emily picked the guy that would make the better male-wife simp for her being the strong independent girlboss she is.
I really enjoyed this book. It was so interesting not to have a Christie book from Marple of Poirot’s point of view but from the supposed murderer’s fiancé. Emily Trefusis was such a great character - a prime example of chaotic good - and her balance of personal and conversational sleuthing to Inspector Narracott’s factual and evidence based police work.
***SPOILER WARNING***
Gotta love that in the end Emily picked the guy that would make the better male-wife simp for her being the strong independent girlboss she is.
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No