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A review by anaidelawless
One Corpse Too Many by Ellis Peters
4.0
This was so good I might come back later and give it 5 stars.
First of all this has one of the most interesting premises I ever encountered. I mean ninety-four hanged and sudennly there is corpse that does not belong? Who wanted to cover their crime in such a clever way? If it were not for brother Cadfael he would have probably suceeded.
So now to the characters. Cadfael is as great es ever, helping people, staying aside all the political machinations, achieving justice, making friends and devising clever plans. And there are others, two young people who you kinda have to ship together cause they just work and they are clearly innocent. Much more interesting is the fellow you spend half of the book suspecting only for him to become your favorite. I cannot stress enough how much love I have for a character who has both big heart but also quick mind to try to enrich himself when the opportunnity presents itself, while still staying faithful to his conscience. So well written. And his love interest is also great, similar to him in many ways. The resolution comes when you almost think the whole ordeal was forgotten and it makes so much sense. Great premise, great story, great characters so overall very enjoyable experience.
First of all this has one of the most interesting premises I ever encountered. I mean ninety-four hanged and sudennly there is corpse that does not belong? Who wanted to cover their crime in such a clever way? If it were not for brother Cadfael he would have probably suceeded.
So now to the characters. Cadfael is as great es ever, helping people, staying aside all the political machinations, achieving justice, making friends and devising clever plans. And there are others, two young people who you kinda have to ship together cause they just work and they are clearly innocent. Much more interesting is the fellow you spend half of the book suspecting only for him to become your favorite. I cannot stress enough how much love I have for a character who has both big heart but also quick mind to try to enrich himself when the opportunnity presents itself, while still staying faithful to his conscience. So well written. And his love interest is also great, similar to him in many ways. The resolution comes when you almost think the whole ordeal was forgotten and it makes so much sense. Great premise, great story, great characters so overall very enjoyable experience.