Reviews

A Murder of Crows by Patricia Finney, P.F. Chisholm

secre's review

3.0

I think this is my least favourite in this series so far and for such a short book it certainly has a slow and plodding pace. This is perhaps because many of the events it covers are simply left overs from the previous book, leaving it with precious little plot of its own. The mystery to be solved here is very much a tangled web in the background rather than the main affair.

It also suffers from the London issue I had with the last book in that I simply found the set up and the characters of the borderlands more engaging and interesting. Much like Dodd doesn't really like Carey in full London courtier mode, I have to admit I didn't care for most of the characters... even the ones I was supposed to get. The exception being Carey's parents who are fairly awesome. Oh and Dodd, who gets to play the hero instead of the sidekick for a change.

bookhookgeek's review

I just couldn't get into the story, so I gave up halfway through the book.

archytas's review

3.0

At this point the Robert Carey novels become more like suspense-driven adventure novels. This one was still fun, and Chisholm/Finney is a master at evoking atmosphere and historical detail. The plot rollicks along making an interesting and compelling, and even mostly internally consistent, experience, but you do start to feel that the author is running out of new places to take these characters.

sandyd's review

4.0

This was excellent, as all of P.F. Chisholm's (aka Patricia Finney's) books are, but it is probably best appreciated after the previous ones in the series.