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The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett

14 reviews

angorarabbit's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

TLDR: A fun mystery with a message.

Written in the first person by the male main character with a few additions by others this novel delves deeply into his background. I was impressed by how believable Steve was and a little disappointed that some of the secondary characters, for instance Lucy, were not as well defined. In fact I was quite worried about Lucy, feeling like she was getting in over her head.I also had a few problems with believing the main plot line. In the end it all makes sense though.

To me the really exciting part was that I totally missed all the plot twists. Usually when reading a mystery I may not figure out who did it, but I do usually see at least some of the twists before they are spelled out for me. Maybe I’m dense but I only started getting a clue when I was over 80% of the way through the book. I did not feel one bit guilty reading this one and will definitely check out more of Ms Hallett’s writing.

This may be a harder read for some people. The story is told as a collection of audio files and calls that have been transcribed. So some dialect is transcribed oddly. I have an auditory narrator (like some 33% of the population) so the transcripts were sounded out as I went for me. Otherwise I didn’t catch too many Brisitisms that a USian would have difficulty with.

I am almost curious enough see if my library has the audio of the book. It would be interesting to see how all the different voices were handled.

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zzaakkiiyyaa's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

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kimberlyswalters's review against another edition

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adventurous tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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kfergy's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

An interesting read, and a bit of rollercoaster near the end - I'm still not entirely sure what is 'fact' or 'fiction' in-universe and that's okay ☺ I had to finish the book via an e-book and that was a bit of a pity, as I would have like to flip back and forth to some of the story references that are used in the last 5th.

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