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A Most Agreeable Murder by Julia Seales

14 reviews

vireogirl's review against another edition

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lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Camping book #3. Weirdly odd, with strange characters, jarring footnotes. If you can consider it a farce, it does move along and pull you in. 
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bessadams's review

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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

4.25

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hazelgirl21's review against another edition

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

3.75

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angorarabbit's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

TLDR: Jolly good fun. May need to have read some other stuff. 
 
This is what happens when Christie, Austin, du Maurer, and the Bontes hook up in the afterlife and have a baby. It should be read while sipping English Breakfast and eating scones. Except you may  spew good tea and scones, so maybe not? 
 
The serious Janete to Agathaite may not appreciate the humour. The author uses the troupes of both and  twists them so a reader may need some familiarity with both Austen and Golden Age British Mysteries. It’s rather fun finding all the Easter Eggs Ms Seales has spread around for readers. 
 
The book follows the rules of the Golden Age, but I think a reader would be hard pressed to deduce the murder.The characters are interesting and well described. The female characters in particular were strongly written.The murder mystery plot is fun and keeps you turning pages. The writing is crisp. The author, while American, has a good grasp of Regency England manners and the constraints put on women and classes in that time and place. It is cozy enough to make a good break from the Atwood’s and Undset’s. I really do need to get back to some serious stuff though. Maybe a Kingsolver? 
 
I have not been a big fan or modern authors who place Lizzy Darcy in a murder mystery. I think Ms Seales has made of wise choice is writing of a family that is analogous to the Bennetts but is not a one to one match. And I appreciate Ms Seals own touch of weirdness as well. In her afterword she says, “I hope that the story of Beatrice Steele gave you some laughs, some excitement, and a respite from weirdness by sweeping you away into…an even weirder world”. For me she succeeded. I hope to read more of Miss Steele’s and Inspector Drake’s adventures. 
 
And now I’m left wondering whether it really was Poirot who really solved all those cases.
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randomwright's review against another edition

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funny fast-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

3.5

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kshertz's review against another edition

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adventurous 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? Yes

4.75

Oh this is excellent! A pride and prejudice with biting wit and a murder? fantastic. I loved trying to follow along with the murder mystery. It was really fun to help Beatrice figure everything out. I loved so many lines and laughed out loud quite a bit. 
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things100's review

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adventurous inspiring mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

A good murder mystery book that I really enjoyed 
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miniingrid's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Aunque al principio se me estaba haciendo un poco pesado con tanto cliché, y lento. Ha llegado un punto en el que no podía dejar de leer y de buscar hipótesis para lo que estaba pasando. 
Hay puntos un poco previsibles, pero otros han conseguido despistarme y se agradece en una novela de este tipo.
Me alegro de no haber abandonado, ha sido divertido.
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callidoralblack's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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growintogardens's review

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adventurous funny lighthearted 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? Yes

4.75

Was this completely silly? Yes. Did I enjoy it? Also yes. It's good fun and had me wishing there was a pile of them to read next. 
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