A review by lisa_setepenre
Poet's Cottage by Josephine Pennicott
2.0
The story is decent, the characters have enough little twists to keep them interesting and I love mysteries. However, I found the mystery of Poet's Cottage lacking in suspense and its solution a bit too neat and out of the blue.
I honestly thought there was going to be something more to the mystery. Pennicott has all the ingredients for a truly awesome, thrilling tale with a cast of tricksy characters that might just be the murderer, plus a horrifically fascinating revelation about the murderer – but it never quite lives up to that promise. It might have been the speed that I read the closing chapters, but I felt the solution was never made explicit enough – there was a scene in which the murderer was revealed, not named, and I had to keep reading on to get confirmation.
The style of writing wasn't really my cup of tea and I did struggle to keep track of the more minor characters. Ultimately, I felt that there was a lot of potential that Poet's Cottage didn't live up to.
I honestly thought there was going to be something more to the mystery. Pennicott has all the ingredients for a truly awesome, thrilling tale with a cast of tricksy characters that might just be the murderer, plus a horrifically fascinating revelation about the murderer – but it never quite lives up to that promise. It might have been the speed that I read the closing chapters, but I felt the solution was never made explicit enough – there was a scene in which the murderer was revealed, not named, and I had to keep reading on to get confirmation.
Spoiler
Well, to find out who did it since he/she were such an insignificant, forgettable character in a book stuffed with characters that demanded attention.The style of writing wasn't really my cup of tea and I did struggle to keep track of the more minor characters. Ultimately, I felt that there was a lot of potential that Poet's Cottage didn't live up to.