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amym84's review against another edition
3.0
I liked Vickie Bliss enough. I didn't take to her as quickly as I did Amelia Peabody however. It took me a little time to get used to the mannerisms of this character.
I liked the double mystery of solving what happened in the past in order to figure out the mystery in the present. But I also thought it was difficult to follow at times with all the names thrown about.
In listening to the audio book, I thought the narrator was awesome. That was the true standout of this book for me. All the different dialects and male / female narration was done extremely well.
I'll more than likely pick up the next book in the series. From what I gather it does get better as it goes along.
I liked the double mystery of solving what happened in the past in order to figure out the mystery in the present. But I also thought it was difficult to follow at times with all the names thrown about.
In listening to the audio book, I thought the narrator was awesome. That was the true standout of this book for me. All the different dialects and male / female narration was done extremely well.
I'll more than likely pick up the next book in the series. From what I gather it does get better as it goes along.
tawreh's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
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? It's complicated
3.0
cimorene1558's review against another edition
4.0
I love Vicky Bliss, but I've always felt like this one is barely connected to the rest--I like Vicky and John, honestly. That said, it is a pretty delicious faux-Gothic romp, perfect light literature for a heavy winter.
ida_hagen03's review against another edition
3.0
Had a har time getting into it and ceping my focus.
rebelbelle13's review against another edition
2.0
This series is covered in praise and high recommendations. After reading the first book, I really can't see why. The introduction was messy, the pacing was slow, the reasoning for searching for the treasure flimsy and the main character was not someone that anyone could identify with. I actually wanted to give up about 100 pages in, but decided to push through just to see if Vicky and Co. could actually find the ancient treasure. Vicky is narcissistic, pushy, cowardly, and egotistical. Tony, her lover, isn't much better. The real story here was the location, and the history of what went on behind the stone walls. As it turned out, i would have much rather read the story of Konstanze and Count Burkhardt. I doubt I'll be reading another one of these.
tobyyy's review against another edition
3.0
The first in the Vicky Bliss mystery series by the author of the Amelia Peabody mysteries (among others). I believe this was the first book Elizabeth Peters wrote — or was one of the first at the very least — which explains the pacing and how uninteresting parts of the story were. She’s clearly still learning how to write successfully in her own style.
Overall not a bad story. Just a bit slow paced and dull at times (which is kind of sad given that the story dealt with medieval castles, poisoning, hauntings, sleepwalking, gaslighting, and several other normally-fabulous plot points!).
Overall not a bad story. Just a bit slow paced and dull at times (which is kind of sad given that the story dealt with medieval castles, poisoning, hauntings, sleepwalking, gaslighting, and several other normally-fabulous plot points!).
mysterymanon's review against another edition
5.0
Hands down one of my top reads of the year… Elizabeth Peters just gets me. Review TK
veldhoenv's review against another edition
3.0
Without a doubt, Elizabeth Peters is one of the best mystery writers that I have ever come across. I adore Vicky Bliss just as much as I adore Amelia Peabody. The problem I had with this book was that all of the men were incredibly annoying. I'm definitely going to keep reading though because of the amazing protagonist, the complex and well-written mysteries.... and a Smythe character I've been hearing about who gets introduced later on...