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A Dying Fall by Elly Griffiths

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charlotte_hampson's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

mojoshivers's review

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4.0

Another riveting installment. This one centered around the possible discovery of King Arthur’s bones and the shocking revelation surrounding them. It posited an interesting theory that would have the conservatives, neo-Nazis, and Trump supporters of the world up in arms. Consequently, it isn’t surprising the discovery is met with a couple of murders, a child being threatened to be thrown to her death, and more than few death threats before it is resolved.

As usual, the familiar elements are all here—painstaking historical research matched with a lot of Druid mysticism, the tension between Ruth and Nelson over their future with their baby girl Kate, and the weird sense that dysfunction is just standard operating procedure when it comes to Norfolk.

bet27's review against another edition

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3.0

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zosiablue's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Disconnected thoughts about this book:

1. The audiobook reader was good until she did this horrible, screeching high-pitched voice for a toddler character. And then kept doing it at random intervals like jump scares.

2. The King Arthur mythology was interesting! Turning it into white supremacy was also interesting! I think!

3. The author is obsessed with making anti-fat jokes & commenting on people's weight, in the style of Bridget Jones commentary that wasn't even funny then.

4. A major character almost dies by falling off a roller coaster. AS IF I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH SCARY SCENARIOS GOING THROUGH MY HEAD.

6. The author repeats an exact plot arc from previous books with different characters. It's so similar that it's weird an editor let it happen?

7. I will continue to read this series even though I feel mad about it half the time.

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bookworm_42's review

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dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

maelyn's review against another edition

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mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

al27caro's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

3.75

I mostly liked it. However the present tense writing is somewhat hard to read.

luv_2read's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

emmap2023's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I really loved the character of Nelson but to be honest I really felt his arrogance and masogony over Ruth and his daughter in this one, his insistence to pronounce her name correctly as Kate is also somewhat frustrating to, he needs to choose not make Ruth feel bad for his life choices!

phelosophical's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

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