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The Red Admiral's Secret by Matthew Ross
funny
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Verification. All characters so believable. Not hero's just casually streetwise and dropped into situations.
Brighton Belle by Sara Sheridan
1.0
Frankly not too much to it and the author is more at odds to paint a historical picture rather than a good story. For example when the main character goes to the Brighton Races she just happens to see Prince Monolulu and he is shouting his oft quoted but not always used "I gotta Horse" or she just happens to bump into a murderer when she pops into a shop (Hanningtons=The Shop) for a walk.
The author worked at the BBC and for the Guardian - which probably explains why the main characters sidekick just happens to be black - a theme which is clearly important to Sheridan to judge from the "suggested questions for book groups" at the back of this and her second Mirabelle Bevan Book as the questions focus more on historical attitudes, mores and questions rather than the actual characters or plotlines
The author worked at the BBC and for the Guardian - which probably explains why the main characters sidekick just happens to be black - a theme which is clearly important to Sheridan to judge from the "suggested questions for book groups" at the back of this and her second Mirabelle Bevan Book as the questions focus more on historical attitudes, mores and questions rather than the actual characters or plotlines
The Harper's Quine by Pat McIntosh
1.0
OK Took way to long to start going but in the last 50 pages it picked up and become less onerous. Large number of anachronisms which are not out by a couple of years (excusable) but by centuries (not so).