Love Lies Bleeding by Edmund Crispin

Love Lies Bleeding

Gervase Fen #5

Edmund Crispin

missing duration info Add in missing duration information first pub 1948 (editions)

fiction crime mystery mysterious slow-paced
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Description

Public signs of an uncontrollable youthful passion disrupt rehearsals for the play at Castrevenford School. But it is an uprising of a different sort - murder - that causes the real worry, and it is left to Oxford don Gervase Fen to investigate.

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Moods

mysterious 100%
funny 80%
lighthearted 80%
adventurous 40%
tense 40%

Pace

medium 80%
slow 20%

Plot- or character-driven?

Plot: 60% | A mix: 40%

Strong character development?

No: 60% | It's complicated: 20% | Yes: 20%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 60% | No: 20% | It's complicated: 20%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 80% | N/A: 20%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

It's complicated: 50% | No: 25% | Yes: 25%

Average rating

3.76

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