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Jun 25, 2017
Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂
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4.5★
I loved this book, & only one major plot hole (& a too long finale) stopped me giving it 5★!
I thought this was a thirties mystery and found out half way through my read that it was a groundbreaking novel from 1913!
Journalist E C Bentley originally wrote it as a parody & the tone varies wildly throughout the book - detective, comedy, farce, high tragedy? Bentley never seems quite sure & the bleaker moments often come as a shock. This should wreck my enjoyment, & no one is more surprised than ...more
I loved this book, & only one major plot hole (& a too long finale) stopped me giving it 5★!
I thought this was a thirties mystery and found out half way through my read that it was a groundbreaking novel from 1913!
Journalist E C Bentley originally wrote it as a parody & the tone varies wildly throughout the book - detective, comedy, farce, high tragedy? Bentley never seems quite sure & the bleaker moments often come as a shock. This should wreck my enjoyment, & no one is more surprised than ...more
Apr 15, 2017
David Thompson
marked it as to-read
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Niveditha
marked it as to-read
