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Oh, Flavia. I really did love her and will probably read more of her adventures. However, I was disinterested in the plot of the story by the end. Her ingenious ability to play chemist and solve clues was entertaining, just couldn't stay interested in the mystery. Probably would give it 3 1/2 stars, if I was able.
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The best thing I can say about this book is Flavia de Luce, the heroine. She's so vibrant, lively, mischievous and maybe the sole reason of why people will keep reading this series. I know, I'd be looking for the next one just to read more about her misadventure
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A fun mystery/thriller with an eleven-year old would be chemist as the heroine. Interesting comments on UK society in the post-World War II (1950) era. I enjoyed it.
Smart, funny, hilarious, sweet. I loved this book.
It seems to me that this book is one that people really like or they hate it. I would be on later team.
It wasn't a story that I could get into at all and it was tough to get to the end.
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It wasn't a story that I could get into at all and it was tough to get to the end.
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I got 50 pages into this book and gave up. It just didn't hook me. I thought this was going to be great, but Flavia was a bit of a flake and I skimmed for a bit and read the end. Disappointing.
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The reader for the audio was great! Fun, lighthearted murder mystery. Love the chemistry-obsessed kid detective 😁
Jan 30, 2014
Katie
marked it as to-read
Feb 04, 2021
Cathy
rated it
really liked it
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