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3.04 AVERAGE
3.04 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
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
Good fun.
I bought this when I was in London and was excited to start a new detective series. Sadly this Is very much not it. For a book that is set in a BB there was minimal mentions to this with the exception of the openings the characters were not memorable or that likeable and I wasn’t interested in the plot.
I enjoyed nothing about this book. The author tries extremely hard to be witty in every passage, but it quickly becomes exhausting. At only 230 pages, it still felt like the longest book I’ve ever read.
The characters are boring and unlikable. Valerie is a wannabe Elizabeth from The Thursday Murder Club, but without the charm. Richard is a pathetic man who only becomes more pathetic as the story unfolds.
The plot is painfully predictable. The book throws in random elements that make little sense and add nothing to the story. I can’t believe there are two more books in the series.
The characters are boring and unlikable. Valerie is a wannabe Elizabeth from The Thursday Murder Club, but without the charm. Richard is a pathetic man who only becomes more pathetic as the story unfolds.
The plot is painfully predictable. The book throws in random elements that make little sense and add nothing to the story. I can’t believe there are two more books in the series.
Death and Croissants is a brilliant title (great cover too!) and I was immediately drawn to the book and its premise – I love the idea of living in France and have toyed with the idea of running a B&B in the past. So to be fair, I was predisposed to look favourably on this novel. And with the myriad accolades offered by a who’s who of British comedians and writers it can only mean that either this is a remarkable book or the author has a lot of very influential friends… Well, it turns out it might possibly be both.
I started reading this and then for one reason or another, stopped about a third of the way through to pick up something else. It was only then that I realised how much I was enjoying Death and Croissants – throughout the book for which I chose to set down Death and Croissants (which itself was very good), I couldn’t wait to get back it.
To be fair, and despite the accolades, Death and Croissants is not chockful of jokes, but it is quite good: gently humorous throughout and with a genuine and very entertaining mystery which holds up through the entire novel. But what makes it special is that there is such a feeling of lightness and warmth which really evokes the location in which it is set which makes it a real winner for me, particularly at this time of year, or if you just need a pick-me-up, as many of us currently do. Great fun!
I started reading this and then for one reason or another, stopped about a third of the way through to pick up something else. It was only then that I realised how much I was enjoying Death and Croissants – throughout the book for which I chose to set down Death and Croissants (which itself was very good), I couldn’t wait to get back it.
To be fair, and despite the accolades, Death and Croissants is not chockful of jokes, but it is quite good: gently humorous throughout and with a genuine and very entertaining mystery which holds up through the entire novel. But what makes it special is that there is such a feeling of lightness and warmth which really evokes the location in which it is set which makes it a real winner for me, particularly at this time of year, or if you just need a pick-me-up, as many of us currently do. Great fun!
adventurous
funny
mysterious
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:
Complicated
mysterious
medium-paced
I think this was such a hard read for me because it was all over the place, and not written in normal English, like it was super European and it was just very odd to read. The characters themselves were quite weird which was fine, but the way it was written just made it difficult to enjoy. The plot randomly kept jumping and I honestly could not even finish the last 50 pages because I felt so lost on how we went from point A to point 80.
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No