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3.43 AVERAGE
3.43 AVERAGE
First in the series. Victorian era ladies and gentlemen and a crime-solving pair of neighbors. Intriguing plot and likeable characters.
Enjoyable mystery - a bit slow in parts, took a while to get into it
A friend recommended this book so I immediately got it from the library and started reading because I love a good mystery. It seemed fun in the beginning, but it was really just a drag. I won’t be reading further along in the series.
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I appreciated how the author wrapped up a lot of loose ends, sharing what happens to the murderer over the next 40 years. However, I couldn’t solve the mystery because we weren’t given enough clues. The ‘cinching clue’ happens when he reads some ledgers, but we never know what those ledgers say, so we can’t even follow along.
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I love a good mystery, but not when the narrator withholds information. Part of the fun of it is determining “who dun’ it” along with the characters.
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I appreciated how the author wrapped up a lot of loose ends, sharing what happens to the murderer over the next 40 years. However, I couldn’t solve the mystery because we weren’t given enough clues. The ‘cinching clue’ happens when he reads some ledgers, but we never know what those ledgers say, so we can’t even follow along.
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I love a good mystery, but not when the narrator withholds information. Part of the fun of it is determining “who dun’ it” along with the characters.
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An incredibly flawed Victorian mystery. Why make up a poison when so many fantastic ones exist? The causal relationships between people of different classes is ridiculous, as is the friendship between Lennox, and unmarried man, and Lady Jane, a young widow. A great deal “telling”, wet feet, and tea. Pass.
The first book in a long running twee British detective series featuring Charles Lenox, a Victorian gentleman and dabbler in solving mysteries. It's obviously well research and written with just enough humor to get by. But it is a very twee book, from the top class of British society and he sends off his butler to find things out from the "lower class", which just feels icky and deus ex machina. It was okay, but I'm probably not going to continue with it. I need more grit in my private detectives. The narration was solid and he hit all the accents, even the Scottish one.
It was two chapters too long. I was listening to this in my car and found that I wanted to finish the story after I got home. After the mystery was solved, there were still a few chapters left. Maybe it was to get the reader more interested in the characters for future books, but I could have done without them. I did enjoy the story.
Not bad! I'm interested in the series as a whole and I understand this to be the weakest so it will hopefully be worth it when I get to the other books in the series.
slow-paced
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
medium-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