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A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro

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gemstixs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

nothing touches this book when it comes to narration. it’s so good. it’s so witty. i love it so much. i want every contemporary to have this exact writing style but no one could do it as well as brittany cavallaro.

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thewitchwhoreads's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This was over all a really fun read. It was fast paced and and funny. Despite being a YA book the stakes felt sufficiently high, although the characters didn’t much talk or act like 16 year olds….which I didn’t really mind since I’m well out of that demographic anyway, but it was noticeable. The character development kinda went back and forth and left me feeling like neither of the main characters gained a lot of personal growth, but this is part of a series so perhaps I’m being too hard on it there. There was a dash of romance. It didn’t pull focus from the rest of the plot nor did it feel like insta-love. The mystery wasn’t the strongest part in my opinion. It just kinda felt like an average episode of Psych. But it was fun and I will probably read the next book and other things by this author.

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petrarose's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

4.75

loved it. i rarely read mystery type books but this makes me want to read more. i love the play on the well known stories of holmes and watson. AND THE CHARACTERS WERE SO GOOD!!! i’m so happy it was narrated by james rather than in 3rd person or by charlotte. his perspective/the author makes both their characters so much better.

a good mix of fast and slower paced. a lot was happening but there were moments of stillness or normalcy where the two main characters and their dynamic really stood out.

i’m excited to read the sequels!

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naptime_reader's review against another edition

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adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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export_library's review

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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esmeralda's review against another edition

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funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Enjoyable and mildly addictive.
The drug use did leave me with mixed feelings though.

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meghanm404's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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chelle493's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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notkarlsson's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I have no idea how I feel about this book. The prose could be tighter, probably, and certain character beats happen not where I was expecting them to, but in places where they didn’t feel 100% earned. The influence of BBC Sherlock is clear, and I mean that in an incredibly observational way; certain lines and turns of phrase in the book feel like they’re supposed to be a nod to the original stories but don’t quite escape the BBC Sherlock filter. And then there’s the Jamie Watson Filter (TM.) The thing I found myself wanting most for this story was alternating POVs and a chance to hear Charlotte’s narrative voice equally. When we got a brief chance to, I was delighted by the way she responds to Jamie. I understand that Cavallaro is echoing the original stories where Watson is the biographer for Holmes, and that’s a fair choice, but if the point is that they aren’t their ancestors, I think that shared POVs would serve the dynamic better. Who doesn’t love banter through annotations? On a more serious note, some of the traumatic stuff in Charlotte’s backstory makes me wish we were more grounded in her perspective sometimes. Two final points: one, I kinda wish Jamie had been anything but a cis dude. That’s predictable of me to say but I’m okay with conforming to my brand. Two, even with everything I said above, I left with enough curiosity about what this book set up that I’ll be continuing to read the series. If nothing else, it’s instructive. I guess we’re doing this?

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vgdavies03's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Kind of disappointed by this book. I think I expected to really love it and I just.... didn't. My main problem was that the plot was hard to follow at times. There was a lot going on in the story and the author would brush over things without expanding on them, which left me very confused as to what was happening. I did enjoy the characters though. I haven't decided about continuing in the series or not.

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