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A review by timinbc
Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley
4.0
Yep, it's good. Flavia's 12 now, and more confident of her powers.
The book drags a bit in the middle, and there are several things that are either red herrings for this book or foundations for a future one. Don't expect everything to be wrapped up at the end (although of course the murder is).
There's far too much "oh, ho, I'm not going to tell you what THAT means" from the author and sometimes too much clumsy foreshadowing that turns out to be, well, not as important as we had been led to believe.
But the ending rolls right along, and explains everything adequately.
And Flavia is as delightful as ever.
The book drags a bit in the middle, and there are several things that are either red herrings for this book or foundations for a future one. Don't expect everything to be wrapped up at the end (although of course the murder is).
There's far too much "oh, ho, I'm not going to tell you what THAT means" from the author and sometimes too much clumsy foreshadowing that turns out to be, well, not as important as we had been led to believe.
But the ending rolls right along, and explains everything adequately.
And Flavia is as delightful as ever.