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3.05 AVERAGE
3.05 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I wanted to get caught up in this book, but I did not.
For a cosy murder mystery, I expected it to be a page turner, but it just wasn’t. I got bored and put it down a lot. Ultimately I finished it because I wanted to be done reading it.
The idea is quite interesting and fun, but the execution was lacking.
I didn’t feel connected to any of the characters, especially the protagonist, Richard. His constant referencing of classic movies bored me. And Valerie didn’t seem all that alluring. I was more interested in his relationships with his wife and daughter, the latter of which was only played for comedy. Maybe we were supposed to feel bad for Richard, but I just felt annoyed with him.
Not a lot of closure in the end.
Who killed the chicken?
For a cosy murder mystery, I expected it to be a page turner, but it just wasn’t. I got bored and put it down a lot. Ultimately I finished it because I wanted to be done reading it.
The idea is quite interesting and fun, but the execution was lacking.
I didn’t feel connected to any of the characters, especially the protagonist, Richard. His constant referencing of classic movies bored me. And Valerie didn’t seem all that alluring. I was more interested in his relationships with his wife and daughter, the latter of which was only played for comedy. Maybe we were supposed to feel bad for Richard, but I just felt annoyed with him.
Not a lot of closure in the end.
Who killed the chicken?
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Quite enjoyable. The “repressed British man abroad” trope created inevitable comparisons with Death In Paradise’s original DI, Richard Poole. I loved Poole, but Moore’s Richard Ainsworth isn’t as good. Nevertheless, it’s a jolly romp that made me chuckle.
Overall just disappointing. Richard was unlikeable and borish and the entire book felt very much like it was the author trying to live vicariously through a midlife crisis. Not enough about the chickens from the wording of the blurb.
54mins
54mins
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A lighthearted, funny, and, in the end, silly mystery that was just what I needed to listen to (read by the author) in my post-U.S.-election-2024 funk. The central character is a middle-aged Englishman who runs a b-and-b in the Loire Valley of France, and the characters staying there draw him into the mystery of a missing--maybe murdered?--man who had also been a guest. The plot didn't actually hold a lot of water--and I do still need to know who killed the chicken--but I enjoyed listening.
medium-paced
Terrible writing, poor plot. It's like watching a man's mid-life crisis unfold publicly on the pages of a seb-mediocre novel.
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
