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chupacabra2000's review
2.0
This would've been a quirky little short story if it weren't so eyerollingly predictable and written in such a boomer-esque way.
For example;
- I was a professor in classics! I'm gonna name every single one of them! They are totally intelligent references!
- People don't ReAd bOoKs aNyMoRe!
- Ugh! Kids these days!
- Ugh! Criminals these days!
- Every girls only boarding school MUST have male teachers to lift heavy things.
- This lady is not conventionally attractive, she could use some lipstick but I like her even if she's ugly because I am special!
- Jane Austen is actually not considered victorian! Peasants!
- Ugh, the data age. Google? Wikipedia? Big brother is watching you!
For example;
- I was a professor in classics! I'm gonna name every single one of them! They are totally intelligent references!
- People don't ReAd bOoKs aNyMoRe!
- Ugh! Kids these days!
- Ugh! Criminals these days!
- Every girls only boarding school MUST have male teachers to lift heavy things.
- This lady is not conventionally attractive, she could use some lipstick but I like her even if she's ugly because I am special!
- Jane Austen is actually not considered victorian! Peasants!
- Ugh, the data age. Google? Wikipedia? Big brother is watching you!
lauralovesreading21's review
4.0
[Review 13 of 2022]
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Another great read of the year. This is about a man who finds a book in a secondhand bookshop that contains a threatening note to a Miss Scott. This is his journey of finding it Miss Scott, with a few twists and turns the way.
Another great read where the plot was written so well that it didn’t seem to bother me of a few issues with the main character. The story was introduced well with little to no essential being missed out even though it was quite a short audiobook I didn’t feel the book was lacking anything.
I kind of saw the ending coming just because I have read so many crime books this ending was a bit predictable. However, I still really enjoyed it
There were a few comments that the main character made that got on my nerves a bit but that it just a personal thing that someone else may not have noticed.
Again overall it was a really good book
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Another great read of the year. This is about a man who finds a book in a secondhand bookshop that contains a threatening note to a Miss Scott. This is his journey of finding it Miss Scott, with a few twists and turns the way.
Another great read where the plot was written so well that it didn’t seem to bother me of a few issues with the main character. The story was introduced well with little to no essential being missed out even though it was quite a short audiobook I didn’t feel the book was lacking anything.
I kind of saw the ending coming just because I have read so many crime books this ending was a bit predictable. However, I still really enjoyed it
There were a few comments that the main character made that got on my nerves a bit but that it just a personal thing that someone else may not have noticed.
Again overall it was a really good book
latas's review against another edition
5.0
Have you ever found inscriptions in 2nd hand books and tried to figure the mystery behind those scribblings? Have you tried to think how the previous owner looked and their mannerisms and their occupation? Well, I have tried that, but my imagination is quite limited.
Here, the MC, professor Donald Aitcheson has vivid imagination and when he reads a note in a second had book, he pictures a wicked plot. When he continues his investigation, he finds himself in a scene which is much more sinister than he had imagined. I liked the twists in such a short book, as in most of Peter Robinson's short stories.
Here, the MC, professor Donald Aitcheson has vivid imagination and when he reads a note in a second had book, he pictures a wicked plot. When he continues his investigation, he finds himself in a scene which is much more sinister than he had imagined. I liked the twists in such a short book, as in most of Peter Robinson's short stories.
lauralovesreading21's review against another edition
4.0
[Review 13 of 2022]
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Another great read of the year. This is about a man who finds a book in a secondhand bookshop that contains a threatening note to a Miss Scott. This is his journey of finding it Miss Scott, with a few twists and turns the way.
Another great read where the plot was written so well that it didn’t seem to bother me of a few issues with the main character. The story was introduced well with little to no essential being missed out even though it was quite a short audiobook I didn’t feel the book was lacking anything.
I kind of saw the ending coming just because I have read so many crime books this ending was a bit predictable. However, I still really enjoyed it
There were a few comments that the main character made that got on my nerves a bit but that it just a personal thing that someone else may not have noticed.
Again overall it was a really good book
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Another great read of the year. This is about a man who finds a book in a secondhand bookshop that contains a threatening note to a Miss Scott. This is his journey of finding it Miss Scott, with a few twists and turns the way.
Another great read where the plot was written so well that it didn’t seem to bother me of a few issues with the main character. The story was introduced well with little to no essential being missed out even though it was quite a short audiobook I didn’t feel the book was lacking anything.
I kind of saw the ending coming just because I have read so many crime books this ending was a bit predictable. However, I still really enjoyed it
There were a few comments that the main character made that got on my nerves a bit but that it just a personal thing that someone else may not have noticed.
Again overall it was a really good book
bhavani's review
4.0
Started off slow but got interesting about halfway through so I recommend sticking with it if you're thinking of abandoning the story.
kmfb87a5's review
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
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