A review by briarsreviews
The Windsor Knot by S.J. Bennett
mysterious
slow-paced
1.0
The Windsor Knot sounded like it was going to be my new favourite book. It combined mystery and thriller with the British Monarchy. Those two together? Perfection for me! Unfortunately, this book just didn't work for me at all. I struggled through it and nearly DNF-ed it.
The writing style didn't work well with me, although the premise is amazing. S.J. Bennett is a great writer, but I just didn't connect with the tone and writing. The book did make me smile throughout, but I had hoped the Queen would be a little more... out of character - she would participate a lot in the mystery and sound like a wild 80/90 year old solving mysteries. It unfortunately was more on point with what I would perceive would be her actual behaviour - prime, proper, providing insights, and just being there.
Still a marvelous story that I'm sure many others would love, but it didn't work for me.
One out of five stars.
The writing style didn't work well with me, although the premise is amazing. S.J. Bennett is a great writer, but I just didn't connect with the tone and writing. The book did make me smile throughout, but I had hoped the Queen would be a little more... out of character - she would participate a lot in the mystery and sound like a wild 80/90 year old solving mysteries. It unfortunately was more on point with what I would perceive would be her actual behaviour - prime, proper, providing insights, and just being there.
Still a marvelous story that I'm sure many others would love, but it didn't work for me.
One out of five stars.