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A review by ashleylm
First Class Murder by Robin Stevens
4.0
I so often wish for half stars, because this is such a delight but I daren't hand out 5 stars willy-nilly or it loses its special-ness.
This is Steven's homage to Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express and it's a treat from start to finish, I read it at night before bed and got some very late sleeps as a result, it's hard to put down.
All the characters are well-differentiated and memorable, the solution make sense, and the getting from A to B is amusing and engaging (so many mystery novels make everything such a slog, as if forgetting they're also a book and might want to entertain along the way).
(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s). I feel a lot of readers automatically render any book they enjoy 5, but I grade on a curve!
This is Steven's homage to Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express and it's a treat from start to finish, I read it at night before bed and got some very late sleeps as a result, it's hard to put down.
All the characters are well-differentiated and memorable, the solution make sense, and the getting from A to B is amusing and engaging (so many mystery novels make everything such a slog, as if forgetting they're also a book and might want to entertain along the way).
(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s). I feel a lot of readers automatically render any book they enjoy 5, but I grade on a curve!