428 reviews for:

What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust

Alan Bradley

3.94 AVERAGE

jensiglin's review

4.0

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-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: Yes

minibunk_09's review

3.5

adventurous lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

atriviale's review

3.75

adventurous funny mysterious sad 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

kellyjreads's review

5.0

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I love this series. It’s one of the few that I can think of that has actually improved with age and number of books in the series.  It’s hard to maintain that. I’m growing to like Undine more than I did and I always have a soft spot for Dogger. And I also thought it was really special to get more insight into Mrs. Mullet. 

I did not see the twist in this one coming until the very moment it happened. I like this secret society, it’ll be interesting to see how it continues to progress since it sounds like Flavia has pretty much broken with them. And I can’t believe her Dad is the head of it, but it makes a lot of sense when you think about it.

It was a little bit all over the place at times, so I can see some complaints about that, but I feel like it was a bit of a filler book to start the next chapter of Flavia’s life. I want to see more of her cases as a private detective.

Once again, I would also like to see more of Feely and Daffy get to be friends with Flavia, but I say that every book so take it with a grain of salt.  All in all, another great addition to the series. 

hannahlita's review

5.0

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

gillythedog's review

4.5

adventurous dark informative mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

babsbelovedbooks's review

4.0

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4.5

thehouseginger's review

3.5

adventurous mysterious medium-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: No

lengelmas's review against another edition

3.0

dark funny mysterious medium-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

thewiseowl1's review

4.5

adventurous funny slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No