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3.43 AVERAGE
3.43 AVERAGE
Good read and enjoyable characters. Very laid back book but still enjoyable and easy to listen to.
Wow that went slow. Even for me. But it was still pretty cozy so
Hmm...well, I read this first book of a character series after enjoying a later one. The author has definitely improved over time; I found this one to be rather clunky at parts with random details going on for too long. I was interested enough to finish it, but it took me a good month because I wasn't excited to come back. I like the characters, though, so I will continue the series.
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
I was given this book as a review copy by the publisher on Netgalley. I love a good mystery and especially a period mystery. I was looking on goodreads to see what the reviews were like. I didn't read any but I did see a lot of one stars and so I was thinking this book was going to be disappointing. I was actually pleasantly surprised by how much I actually liked it. It did have a Sherlock Holmes feel but it never when beyond the feel. Lenox is definitely not as smart as Sherlock but he never tries to act like he is. I mean even when he knows the police are bumbling around he still tries to be gentlemanly about telling Exter what it is he's missed. He also missed another theft that happened right under his nose. But I think that's what made me like him. He is an amateur detective and he knows it. He's also very kind almost best friends with his butler that definitely says a lot about him. I thoroughly enjoyed everything about this book and was even surprised with how it ended. I'll definitely be reading the other Lenox mysteries!
This book had a Sherlock meets Clue vibe to it. You have Charles Lennox, amateur sleuth, aka Sherlock, and his band of merry men set about solving the mysterious death of Prudence Smith, a servant. The members of the house were all conveniently in the drawing-room together. Classic Clue case of whodunit. No one seems to remember anything. You have wax drops on the floor but a brand new candle. A bottle of poison on the desk but a different kind than that that killed the girl. Open windows, crates of gold, and mysterious characters all around. But following along with all of this was a sheer struggle. A lot of information that was not relevant to the case was thrown in and went on for pages and pages, often causing me to get lost in the storyline of what was actually part of the murder case. A lot of historical facts were thrown in about random items and studies as well as random snippets where Finch would suddenly jump years ahead for no apparent reason and then backtrack to the scene at hand. Finch's writing is full of beautiful vocabulary, don't get me wrong, but he tries to be too clever. Following the end rationale for who committed the crime and why was excruciating! I was only intrigued to see out the end for a short period of time, never very suspenseful or had me sitting on the edge of my seat. Overall, there was just too much "other" filling up the pages.
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This is the first of the Charles Lenox series, though not the first I read. The fact that it’s the first shows - the mystery is more than s little convoluted - but the characters and settings are pleasant and interesting enough that I didn’t much care.
A very British mystery. The characters are set in late Victorian era. There’s definitely a good mystery but the ending seems like dragged some. It was fine but I’m not sure that I’d read more.
Great for classic mystery fans. I'm ready for the next book in the series.
slow-paced