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dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
The first Charles Todd book, and the first of "his" I have ever read. I thought the premise sounded interesting, but the book was quite slow and I was frustrated by the way in which the main character seemed to just basically go back and forth asking the same questions of all the suspects with very little progress until the 75% mark, where suddenly, everything got quite fast and tense. From that point on the story was great right to the end! That 25% made me glad I hadn't abandoned it, and I think I will try at least 1 or 2 more of Todd's Inspector Rutlege books. I felt like this was a taste of the surgical precision with which the author (just discovered a second ago that the author is a pen-name for a mother-son writing team) dissected and critiqued Post War British society. There was a poem quoted in this book - brutal in its bitter examination of such and if that is the direction the rest of the books go in, I am all in.
Oh! Also, omg but this was another audiobook and the narrator (Samuel Giles) sounded a bit like he reading it in the style of Anthony Hopkins (and now I've said that, you won't be able to un-hear it). No shade on either actor but it was not really my thing.
Oh! Also, omg but this was another audiobook and the narrator (Samuel Giles) sounded a bit like he reading it in the style of Anthony Hopkins (and now I've said that, you won't be able to un-hear it). No shade on either actor but it was not really my thing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: War
Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Classism