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A review by annettebooksofhopeanddreams
Death Sets Sail by Robin Stevens
4.0
I don't do well with last books in series. It's not so much that I start it and don't want to finish it. I simply don't want to start it, knowing that within a few hours the adventure will be over. However, since I have way too many new stories to discover and characters to befriend I'm trying to finally finish some series I started way too long ago. One of those series is this one. I already know that I will miss Hazel and Daisy.
I didn't read all those classics loads of English speaking people have grown up with. It therefore feels a little like I'm discovering and exploring English literature by reading all the stories written because of it, all the hommages and all the tributes. Of course I recognized the title of the case and I was quite excited to once more accompany Hazel and Daisy on one last adventure outside of England. This time in a country they were both unfamiliar with.
I like how Stevens never shies away from the hard truths. She doesn't make the past a better and prettier time than it truly was. Also in this case she doesn't hide the racism, prejudice and white tendency to claim everything, whether or not it's theirs, for themselves. And yet she never loses touch with the humanity of it all. Just like Hazel and Daisy, each in their own way, try to keep their minds and hearts open when looking at people.
This case is maybe one of my favorite cases of the series, mostly because I really liked the final solution and how the pieces of the puzzle eventually click. Just like I quite enjoyed the tension Stevens created in this book. Starting the book with the statement that Daisy is dead is the best way to start this story. In a way we know what is coming and it's quite exciting to discover the how, even though it's also quite a bit sad.
Like I already said, I'm gonna miss those two girls, but I'm quite glad we'll get a new spin-off set during the second world war! I can't wait to read it!
I didn't read all those classics loads of English speaking people have grown up with. It therefore feels a little like I'm discovering and exploring English literature by reading all the stories written because of it, all the hommages and all the tributes. Of course I recognized the title of the case and I was quite excited to once more accompany Hazel and Daisy on one last adventure outside of England. This time in a country they were both unfamiliar with.
I like how Stevens never shies away from the hard truths. She doesn't make the past a better and prettier time than it truly was. Also in this case she doesn't hide the racism, prejudice and white tendency to claim everything, whether or not it's theirs, for themselves. And yet she never loses touch with the humanity of it all. Just like Hazel and Daisy, each in their own way, try to keep their minds and hearts open when looking at people.
This case is maybe one of my favorite cases of the series, mostly because I really liked the final solution and how the pieces of the puzzle eventually click. Just like I quite enjoyed the tension Stevens created in this book. Starting the book with the statement that Daisy is dead is the best way to start this story. In a way we know what is coming and it's quite exciting to discover the how, even though it's also quite a bit sad.
Like I already said, I'm gonna miss those two girls, but I'm quite glad we'll get a new spin-off set during the second world war! I can't wait to read it!