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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Diverse cast of characters:
No
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The sort version is that this is basically a Sherlock Holmes story, except all the characters are thoroughly unlikeable, especially the main/narrator. Hastings is an arrogant idiot, Hercule is a plot device, and all the rest are spoiled gross rich fops who you kind of hope all get hanged wether they committed the crime or not.
The story works fine as long as you accept that no one in the story is behaving like a real person and you don’t think about any of it too hard. The character who is supposed to be solving the crime spends the whole time supplying red herrings for the reader, which is so heavy handed it knocks you right out of the story and assume everything he is saying is a literary device.
Really not sure why these books get so much acclaim, they are fine for a casual read but are by no means brilliant storytelling. It’s possible that they just haven’t aged well (the anti-Semitic, racist, and classist undertones certainly haven’t).
The story works fine as long as you accept that no one in the story is behaving like a real person and you don’t think about any of it too hard. The character who is supposed to be solving the crime spends the whole time supplying red herrings for the reader, which is so heavy handed it knocks you right out of the story and assume everything he is saying is a literary device.
Really not sure why these books get so much acclaim, they are fine for a casual read but are by no means brilliant storytelling. It’s possible that they just haven’t aged well (the anti-Semitic, racist, and classist undertones certainly haven’t).
mysterious
tense
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
mysterious
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Quick, easy to get into. I actually listened to the Phoebe Reads a Mystery version, and it was delightful! It was fun and hard to put down, and while it may not rank with the greats that will stick with me, it was a good read to scratch the itch for a good mystery
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
informative
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes