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A review by evaseyler
Murder at the Brightwell by Ashley Weaver
Did not finish book. Stopped at 10%.
If I wanted a book about 1930s fashion, I have a whole shelf of fashion history books I could turn to. I do not need a play-by-play of a character's many outfit changes. It enhances nothing about the story.
I also don't need to know that the fireplace is to the left of the couch or the terrace is north of something else or that you turn east to go up a hill.
The characters are all idiots. You don't REALLY expect me to believe that a married upper-class woman of the 1930s is going to travel publicly with a former fiancé and not a) try to make it look unintentional and b) have a cover story prepared. You ARE going to run into people you know.
I could write better books than this. Oh wait, I have.
I also don't need to know that the fireplace is to the left of the couch or the terrace is north of something else or that you turn east to go up a hill.
The characters are all idiots. You don't REALLY expect me to believe that a married upper-class woman of the 1930s is going to travel publicly with a former fiancé and not a) try to make it look unintentional and b) have a cover story prepared. You ARE going to run into people you know.
I could write better books than this. Oh wait, I have.