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The Mad Hatter Mystery by John Dickson Carr

fernandie's review against another edition

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3.0

Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.

robinwalter's review against another edition

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mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.0

boring, dull, slow to get going and frankly tedious. Ellery Queen did a top hat murder better

em_da5h's review against another edition

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2.0

Couldn’t stand this book.

msanderson2's review against another edition

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3.0

This had a slow start. Considering that the entire novel takes place in one day, I can expect it, but it really didn't get entertaining until about halfway through the book. I will say, this one had me constantly guessing who the murderer was because on the surface there are a lot of possible suspects. Overall, this did increase my interest in reading more books in this series.

meli108's review against another edition

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1.0

No entiendo lo que le ven de interesante a este libro.
Me costó mucho leerlo por lo aburrido que me parecía, y los personajes no me podían importar menos, ni siquiera me aprendí los nombres.
Además las últimas 20 páginas son teoría tras teoría que cambian cada dos segundos y nada que ver la una con la otra.
Y para culminar los personajes tienen que explicar todo en un diálogo interminable porque sino no se entiende nada.
No gasten su tiempo porfa :)

meli108's review against another edition

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1.0

No entiendo lo que le ven de interesante a este libro.
Me costó mucho leerlo por lo aburrido que me parecía, y los personajes no me podían importar menos, ni siquiera me aprendí los nombres.
Además las últimas 20 páginas son teoría tras teoría que cambian cada dos segundos y nada que ver la una con la otra.
Y para culminar los personajes tienen que explicar todo en un diálogo interminable porque sino no se entiende nada.
No gasten su tiempo porfa :)

booksandyarniness's review against another edition

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3.0

A reprint of a classic, I picked this up to complete a readathon. To me it had some of the same flavour as the older Agatha Christie novels, but with one big difference: it doesn't feel like a standalone novel. The book expects the reader is familiar with the character of Dr. Gideon Fell, and his compatriots, but doesn't do a lot to develop that knowledge within the book. The mystery was fairly good - although I did guess who would be the killer early on, the motives surprised me. The ending was a bit anti-climactic and patrician. Not sure if I would read the first one or not - maybe if my library gets it in.

peanotsilent's review against another edition

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2.0

Oh boy, you should not be able to guess the murderer within moments of him being introduced. I am not the best at guessing murderers, and it still stuck out a mile. Also, Rampole is an useless lump in this one.

But it gave me an extra place to visit for a future London trip and there were funny bits, so 2 stars?
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