bigotterbooks's review
5.0
Another laugh-out-loud entry in the Reeves & Worcester Steampunk Mysteries. I absolutely adore Reggie and Reeves. This story is of a time loop that requires judicious amounts of alcohol to overcome. It's Groundhog day, 1906; a time machine enters, Reg & Reeves try to save the world and Emmeline does her part in the madcap adventure. Our heroes/heroine rocket around London searching for clues and a solution before the loop starts over again the next day. Such a fun book-you don't have to be a fan of Wodehouse to enjoy the series. I received a copy-this is my own personal review of the book.
jonmhansen's review
4.0
Delightful. Tone is spot on, plot's a'poppin', and I liked how the time travel aspect works, well done there. And who couldn't enjoy Reggie's narrations with lines like:
Everyone knows the inebriated fall into five camps — the merry, the sad, the sleepy, the angry and those, like me, who develop the ability to see multiple timelines.The only points of deviation from the originals are a lack of aggressive aunt action (specifically, from an aunt of Worcester - your own relatives are harder to get away from), and Worcester's apparent ability to stay engaged. But otherwise, yeah, I liked it quite a bit.
msoul13's review
3.0
NOTE: I won a free eBook copy of this book in MOBI format from LibraryThing's Early Reviewers (November 2020).
Sherlock Holmes meets Doctor Who in this curious little novella. Reeves & Worcester are a brilliant and witty duo. The latter's one liners and musings literally made me laugh out loud. Although the time-traveling plot gets a little convoluted towards the latter third of the book (indeed, it actually lost me in spots), the the book's closing is PERFECT.
Sherlock Holmes meets Doctor Who in this curious little novella. Reeves & Worcester are a brilliant and witty duo. The latter's one liners and musings literally made me laugh out loud. Although the time-traveling plot gets a little convoluted towards the latter third of the book (indeed, it actually lost me in spots), the the book's closing is PERFECT.
aimiller's review
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
3.75
First off, I have to acknowledge that I received a copy of this book through LibraryThing's Early Reviewers program, and I am grateful to the publisher for the opportunity to read this book.
I wasn't sure what to expect from this, as I wasn't familiar with the series, but this was way more fun than I thought! All the characters are very funny and fun in their own way, and the mystery was intriguing. It was just a really nice short little book, and really really excellent brain candy--I might go back and read the rest of the series now, because the little taste I've had was really fun!
I wasn't sure what to expect from this, as I wasn't familiar with the series, but this was way more fun than I thought! All the characters are very funny and fun in their own way, and the mystery was intriguing. It was just a really nice short little book, and really really excellent brain candy--I might go back and read the rest of the series now, because the little taste I've had was really fun!
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