A review by caitlin_bookchats
Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche by Nancy Springer

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

2.5

Well, I do think this is the best of the Enola Holmes books and it certainly is most like the movie (which I loved) in tone, but it's still hampered by its 20 years out of date White Feminism. (I think I actually initially gave it 3 stars because it IS the best of the bunch BUT, three months later when I'm rating it I can't bring myself to care about this book or this series. Sign me up for the second film but I am definitely 100% over these books.)

This series is overall very white, very uninterested in seeing marginalized people as whole people and not plot mechanisms (unless they're white, upper class women) and is just so disappointing.

Please recommend better mysteries for the 8-11 year-old crowd to me.
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