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spikeydlux's review
2.0
Starts out with quite a bang, and some very interesting character development and amateur sleuthing, but this just fizzled for me.
shadow285's review
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.5
samanthay31's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
migmonkey's review
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
tommiesis's review against another edition
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
3.5
oliverreeds's review against another edition
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
good book. a little slow paced for me. very very british
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
harmless_old_lady's review
3.0
Oh goody! a new (for me) British crime novelist! I'm in love again. And gosh, he's only 80 years old, and been writing these mysteries for 40...so I'm late to the party, but oh well. It's all good.
psalmcat's review
4.0
How much more depressing can one get than the discovery of a dead baby? This one died in 1969, and the police have no missing baby reports to match it up with. Sad to start, sadder yet at the end, but (surprisingly) lots of nice, sympathetic people in the story, aside from the one or two "evil-baddies" and the several morally-lacking. Raises a lot of good but unanswerable questions.