A review by ailsaod
Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens

adventurous mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

 This book was a MASSIVE disappointment! Last year I read the last entry to this series (Death Sets Sail) and I enjoyed it massively so when I saw book 1 in a charity shop I was excited. Aside from Death Sets sail having a head start on being good by being heavily based on Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile it was a very cosy book to read with a close friendship at its core. None of that is here in this book and I found it unpleasant. The two main characters embody only their worst traits - Hazel is passive and full of self-loathing and Daisy is arrogant and mean - with none of the positives I remembered from the last book. Daisy frequently bullies Hazel ruthlessly - she locks Hazel in her own suitcase as a prank at one point which may make sense for the setting but makes her supremely unlikable! I do not plan on continuing the series.
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