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A review by franfernandezarce
The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katharine Green
3.0
this was okay. the problem with being such a precursor of a specific genre being read today is that it all feels repetitive . the type of case you have seen multiple times before if you go for this genre in specific; of course, those instances might not have happened and probably owe a great deal to this seminal stories. you can't really win in this scenario.
that being said, as relevant to the genre as this story might be, it still felt panifully like a debut. the little quotes at the beginning of each chapter added very little to the actual text despite looking exactly like that cool detail one might want to add to their very first novel.
also, passing my own bar of quality, i figured out the culprit--which means, the mystery wasn't that good. perhaps by 1880s' standards it might have been, but a part of me was expecting a bit more. not to say the mystery itself wasn't clever enough. i only imply the following installments might work around the author's nerves and inexperience to a greater sense of maturity in terms of editing and plotting. i will certainly pick up the next book eventually.
that being said, as relevant to the genre as this story might be, it still felt panifully like a debut. the little quotes at the beginning of each chapter added very little to the actual text despite looking exactly like that cool detail one might want to add to their very first novel.
also, passing my own bar of quality, i figured out the culprit--which means, the mystery wasn't that good. perhaps by 1880s' standards it might have been, but a part of me was expecting a bit more. not to say the mystery itself wasn't clever enough. i only imply the following installments might work around the author's nerves and inexperience to a greater sense of maturity in terms of editing and plotting. i will certainly pick up the next book eventually.