Reviews

The Tales of Max Carrados by Ernest Bramah

rancidslopshop's review

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

jon288's review

4.0

I had the first couple of stories from the collection a couple of years ago, and fancied listening to the others. Sherlock Holmes-esque, with a blind detective who makes up for his blindness with acute sensitivity and attentiveness. Not as good as Holmes, but still fun. The first couple of stories were the best, and I don't feel the need to seek out further stories

aspygirlsmom_1995's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

hedgielib's review

4.0

Stephen Fry does a wonderful narration

tracey_stewart's review

5.0

Stephen Fry is marvelous.

Max Carrados is pretty ok, too.

abmgw's review

3.0

Kann man hören weils von Fry gelesen ist, man kann aber auch was besseres hören.

woolyj's review

5.0

I was pleasantly surprised by this. I had received it as a free gift from Audible (my husbands pleasure of getting to read books) at Christmas time so it had been sitting on my phone since then. I only downloaded it because I realised the amazing Stephen Fry was reading it and I absolutely adore his silky tone.

The book is separated into 2 stories. the first is 'The Coin of Dionysius' and we actually get to meet Max and the second is 'The Game Played in the Dark' which is really Maxs first proper mystery.

I loved both of the stories and really enjoyed the fact that they were proper Agatha Christie type mysteries. Someone likened them to Sherlock Holmes and they were very like it but strangely better.

If you like a proper who dunnit and a good old fashioned story then I highly recommend this, I really don't think you would be disappointed!

nordseestrand's review

I really enjoyed the first story in the collection, but had a hard time following the later ones. My mind kept wandering and I missed plot points and couldn't keep the characters straight. I usually love old timey detektiv stories (I love Paul Temple! ), but this wasn't for me. 

daftfader's review

3.0

Brilliant narration, but the solutions to teh crimes seemed a bit rushed/random

franny2111's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75