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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
This is a fun series, and I love how the characters are evolving.
Well. The title is kind of a spoiler but still an interesting mystery.
adventurous
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I have fallen behind in my reviews, so apologies if this is a bit scattered.
Somewhere in the middle of Book 2 I switched over to listening to these books instead of reading, and I really love the narration of these books. Marian Hussey does such a good job with reading the first person narrative from Hannah's perspective, and really makes these stories come to life. I don't love her Wycliffe voice, but I got over that pretty quickly with all the other positives of the narration.
To the story itself - this is my favorite in the series (with the caveat that I haven't listened to Book 6 yet).
Hannah and Wycliffe are forced into close proximity for the first time since their marriage, as they are invited to a house party and have to share a room. And an insultingly small room on the first floor, too - but which actually works out to their benefit, as they are able to slip from their window to investigate.
The slow burn of the relationship is delicious, even if there were some frustrating parts.
And locked room mysteries are always fun, though I will say that I personally guessed who the culprit was fairly early on. I didn't know why, but the genre tropes made it on the obvious side.
My one real complaint in the mystery aspect is that the spent a good 3/4 of the book, it felt like, trying to determine was turned a person into stone, and we knew it was a gorgon based on the book title, so a lot of that was kind of wasted potential. (I know the story is written first and then the book title, presumably, but it does give something of the story away when you spend a large part of the story trying to determine a cause which is literally spelled out for the reader.)
Anyway -
I am really enjoying this series, and I recommend giving it a listen, if audiobooks are your thing.
Somewhere in the middle of Book 2 I switched over to listening to these books instead of reading, and I really love the narration of these books. Marian Hussey does such a good job with reading the first person narrative from Hannah's perspective, and really makes these stories come to life. I don't love her Wycliffe voice, but I got over that pretty quickly with all the other positives of the narration.
To the story itself - this is my favorite in the series (with the caveat that I haven't listened to Book 6 yet).
Hannah and Wycliffe are forced into close proximity for the first time since their marriage, as they are invited to a house party and have to share a room. And an insultingly small room on the first floor, too - but which actually works out to their benefit, as they are able to slip from their window to investigate.
The slow burn of the relationship is delicious, even if there were some frustrating parts.
And locked room mysteries are always fun, though I will say that I personally guessed who the culprit was fairly early on. I didn't know why, but the genre tropes made it on the obvious side.
My one real complaint in the mystery aspect is that the spent a good 3/4 of the book, it felt like, trying to determine was turned a person into stone, and we knew it was a gorgon based on the book title, so a lot of that was kind of wasted potential. (I know the story is written first and then the book title, presumably, but it does give something of the story away when you spend a large part of the story trying to determine a cause which is literally spelled out for the reader.)
Anyway -
I am really enjoying this series, and I recommend giving it a listen, if audiobooks are your thing.
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
fast-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
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The resolution was like a punch to the gut but my goodness I loved this one.