Reviews

Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers

hidingzeus's review

3.5

I didn't enjoy this one nearly as much as the first, but I do want to continue with Lord Peter for awhile yet.  

marmoo's review against another edition

4.0

A layered and satisfying mystery on its own, Clouds of Witness introduces several plot threads that will be woven into a proper tapestry in the books to follow. Here is the stalwart Inspector Parker meeting the spirited Lady Mary for the first time; there is the old-fashioned Duke making reluctant peace with his brother’s much publicized sleuthing.

In this installment, Sayers finds a happy medium between balancing the mystery-box mechanics of who killed whom with the cadlestick in the library (or revolver in the garden, as is the case here) of the merely diverting Wimsey novels with the human passions and the weighty intellectual meditations of my beloved Gaudy Night.

cdbert's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.75

raymond_murphy's review against another edition

3.0

I really liked the first Sayers I read. This is #2 in the series and I found it tedious. Picked up at the end but a bit disappointing.

jodannna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

lulumoss's review against another edition

4.0

Excellent mystery... all the clues were there, you could have figured it out...

belleoftheb00ks's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

nina_christine's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

rprimrose's review

adventurous funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

4.25

v_23's review against another edition

slow-paced

2.0