floristseatfree's review against another edition
2.75
Listened to the BBC radio adaptation. A fun romp
coops456's review against another edition
3.0
I feel I should like this more than I do. Harriet Vane is a great feminist character, years ahead of her time, and it's interesting to see she and Lord Peter figuring out their relationship now that they are married. But, like [b:Gaudy Night|93575|Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery)|Dorothy L. Sayers|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171257114s/93575.jpg|341789] before it, I find myself skipping over bits where the classical or French references lose me.
kittykornerlibrarian's review against another edition
5.0
One of my favorite mystery novels ever. Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane; who could ask for anything more?
2readornot2read's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
katewutz's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Mostly a country house farce with a mystery in the background
riotpedestrian's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
4.5
abitlikemercury's review against another edition
5.0
"Well," he said, with a transitory gleam of himself, "you're my corner and I've come to hide."
I'm pretty sure I've never read something as romantic as this, and this is true both for the quote and for the book.
Truly Sayers' masterpiece. Sad that it's the last we'll see of Lord Peter and Harriet, but what a way to go!
I'm pretty sure I've never read something as romantic as this, and this is true both for the quote and for the book.
Truly Sayers' masterpiece. Sad that it's the last we'll see of Lord Peter and Harriet, but what a way to go!
mschlat's review against another edition
4.0
It's sad to finish off the series, but reading all the Sayers Wimsey books has been one of the most fulfilling reading experiences I've had in some time.
After some excellent early chapters that recount Peter's and Harriet's engagement and marriage, the book quickly moves to a more standard domestic murder case. Here, the house the Wimseys have bought and are using for their honeymoon has a corpse in it, and the characters and suspects are the village folk Sayers has explored before (say, in [b:The Nine Tailors|126675|The Nine Tailors (Lord Peter Wimsey, #9)|Dorothy L. Sayers|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1353285546l/126675._SY75_.jpg|2795358]). Sayers slows down the narrative quite a bit just before and during the discovery of the deceased, and the result I found a bit claustrophobic compared to the expansiveness in tone of the previous volume [b:Gaudy Night|93575|Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)|Dorothy L. Sayers|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388197565l/93575._SY75_.jpg|341789]. Quite frankly, it's a smaller mystery, and I somewhat resented the focus on it over the newlyweds.
What redeems and elevates the volume is Sayers' exploration of Peter. Where [b:Gaudy Night|93575|Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)|Dorothy L. Sayers|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388197565l/93575._SY75_.jpg|341789] highlighted Harriet and wonderfully explicated her as a person, here Sayers returns to the early history of Wimsey and Bunter (alluded to in [b:Whose Body?|192893|Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)|Dorothy L. Sayers|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1387573241l/192893._SY75_.jpg|1090544]) and builds the Wimseys' newly formed union through Peter's willingness to expose his vulnerabilities. It's a rare detective novel that shows the psychological toll crime solving can have, and Sayers covers it beautifully.
After some excellent early chapters that recount Peter's and Harriet's engagement and marriage, the book quickly moves to a more standard domestic murder case. Here, the house the Wimseys have bought and are using for their honeymoon has a corpse in it, and the characters and suspects are the village folk Sayers has explored before (say, in [b:The Nine Tailors|126675|The Nine Tailors (Lord Peter Wimsey, #9)|Dorothy L. Sayers|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1353285546l/126675._SY75_.jpg|2795358]). Sayers slows down the narrative quite a bit just before and during the discovery of the deceased, and the result I found a bit claustrophobic compared to the expansiveness in tone of the previous volume [b:Gaudy Night|93575|Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)|Dorothy L. Sayers|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388197565l/93575._SY75_.jpg|341789]. Quite frankly, it's a smaller mystery, and I somewhat resented the focus on it over the newlyweds.
What redeems and elevates the volume is Sayers' exploration of Peter. Where [b:Gaudy Night|93575|Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)|Dorothy L. Sayers|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388197565l/93575._SY75_.jpg|341789] highlighted Harriet and wonderfully explicated her as a person, here Sayers returns to the early history of Wimsey and Bunter (alluded to in [b:Whose Body?|192893|Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)|Dorothy L. Sayers|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1387573241l/192893._SY75_.jpg|1090544]) and builds the Wimseys' newly formed union through Peter's willingness to expose his vulnerabilities. It's a rare detective novel that shows the psychological toll crime solving can have, and Sayers covers it beautifully.
iteechesinglish's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Huh. There are so many things I could say about this last full length novel of Dorothy Sayers. It did not start out at all how I expected. If I hadn't known Dorothy Sayers was the author, I would have assumed it was fan fiction. The beginning is VERY soppy and sentimental, I thought I might vomit in a couple places. And while things never get explicit, Sayers is not kidding about the "honeymoon" part of the title! Shocking. But then the mystery starts off and for a while there's a weird balancing act between the romance part of the story and the mystery part of the story. And both end up developing really well to the point where felt Sayers both constructed a very endearing picture of Peter and Harriet's relationship as well as one of the more compelling mysteries of the series. And then there's the ending, which I found packed a surprisingly emotional punch. A really fine conclusion to an excellent mystery series. I have gotten attached to all of these characters and it is hard to say goodbye to all of them.