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3.38 AVERAGE
3.38 AVERAGE
Melbury perekond koguneb jõuludeks Flaxmere'i, perekonnapea Sir Osmondi koju. Õhustik on pingeline ja ärev, sest kui nii palju pereliikmeid ühte kohta kokku tuleb, siis läheb kindlasti midagi valesti. Ja kui üks külalistest avastab perekonnapea surnukeha, siis ilmselgelt on süüdi keegi kohalolijatest. Uurimust hakkab juhtima Sir Osmondi kauaaegne tuttav ja sõber. Kes saab ohvri surmast kõige rohkem kasu? Kes ei räägi tõtt?
See oli mõnus hubane lugemine, mis sobib ideaalselt just lähenevate pühade eel lugemiseks. Mulle meeldis!
See oli mõnus hubane lugemine, mis sobib ideaalselt just lähenevate pühade eel lugemiseks. Mulle meeldis!
Very disappointing. The main narrator is too detached from events to make us feel part of it, so on the whole we are told things rather than shown them, which is never fun to read. The denouement is a let down, and it wasn't particularly festive. I quite understand why the book had faded into obscurity over the years, but I'm unclear why the British Library felt the need to rescue it. They set the bar high with Mystery in White last Christmas and frankly I wish I'd just reread that!
I was disappointed and put off by the style of this book, it's written a bit like a report rather than a narrative of what happened, different reports are given by people until the officer in charge starts to explain his investigation. The threads of the investigation were a bit hard to follow, but maybe that's just me. The atmosphere was festive and I really enjoyed the beginning of the story.
mysterious
slow-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
In '30s England, an aristocratic family gathers for the holidays—only for their domineering, purse-string-wielding patriarch to be found dead in his locked study on Christmas Day. Suicide or murder, and if the latter could someone dressed as Santa Claus truly have done it? It's readable and atmospheric, for sure—you've got your slightly caddish suitors, your neurotic maiden aunts, your beautiful and resolved but impoverished youngest daughter, your English country pile with halls decked, etc. But the ratio of events/detecting to length is off (even though this is far from a very long book), there are the period-predictable levels of classism, and the ending is a bit deflating and doesn't really make much sense. Not the worst thing I've ever read, but I finished the book about half an hour ago and am already struggling to remember the names of the main characters.
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
mysterious
slow-paced
mysterious
slow-paced
mysterious
fast-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
mysterious
fast-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