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A review by darthval
Dark Road to Darjeeling by Deanna Raybourn
3.0
This book just took me a while to get into and then I had trouble staying into the story. I enjoyed it overall, but it lacked the same pull as the previous Lady Julia books.
I'll be honest, I think a big part of my problem was the relationship between Julia and Brisbane.
Beyond Julia and Brisbane, I also felt as if the mystery plot spent a lot of time wallowing in not much at all. Yes, everyone has a motive, we get that. Did we need to revisit everyone's potential motive over and over with very little new info? It felt like a lot of filler. I did catch on early as to the culprit, but it took the book a long time to get there. Then, it threw in some other twists that seemed more than a little random.
I know this review is sounding as if the book was awful, and it wasn't. Really. I think it just suffersin comparison to the other books in the series. I will still be moving on to the next book/story.
I'll be honest, I think a big part of my problem was the relationship between Julia and Brisbane.
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It felt like they completely backslid to a previous state and then danced around the same stupidity over and over. The good news is that they did seem to reach a compromise by the end of the book, but then I felt this ground had been tread before, if not quite as much. Sometimes I think authors create disharmony between romantic interests after they've gotten together for the sake of it. I know in real life there would be strife, such is the nature of relationships. This just rung hollow and I found it disappointing.Beyond Julia and Brisbane, I also felt as if the mystery plot spent a lot of time wallowing in not much at all. Yes, everyone has a motive, we get that. Did we need to revisit everyone's potential motive over and over with very little new info? It felt like a lot of filler. I did catch on early as to the culprit, but it took the book a long time to get there. Then, it threw in some other twists that seemed more than a little random.
I know this review is sounding as if the book was awful, and it wasn't. Really. I think it just suffersin comparison to the other books in the series. I will still be moving on to the next book/story.