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A review by blueshadow
Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear
2.0
Maisie Dobbs, you irritate me.
Really shouldn't. Post-WWI murder mystery, fairly clean writing, interesting storyline... seems to check all the boxes.
I could (barely) tolerate her sensing auras and having impossible insights into another character based on feelings.
But all her preaching about the proper way to solve cases, and how she was taught by the best, and then idiotically getting herself stuck in predictably difficult scenarios... Ugh. I prefer the supercilious genius of Sherlock Holmes, and I can tolerate the amateur sleuth bumbling into a mystery and not realizing it might be dangerous until it's too late, but the preaching tone and mystical auras were just too irritating.
Really shouldn't. Post-WWI murder mystery, fairly clean writing, interesting storyline... seems to check all the boxes.
I could (barely) tolerate her sensing auras and having impossible insights into another character based on feelings.
But all her preaching about the proper way to solve cases, and how she was taught by the best, and then idiotically getting herself stuck in predictably difficult scenarios... Ugh. I prefer the supercilious genius of Sherlock Holmes, and I can tolerate the amateur sleuth bumbling into a mystery and not realizing it might be dangerous until it's too late, but the preaching tone and mystical auras were just too irritating.