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Vale of Tears (Bradecote and Catchpoll #5) by Sarah Hawkswood (Sept/Oct 25)
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Vale of Tears (Bradecote and Catchpoll #5) - SPOILER Thread - (Sept/Oct 25)
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As much as I love Flavia, there's just no plot in this one, just a lot of needlessly convoluted, attempted exposition of past events in the series.
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Feb 18, 2022
Jill
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it was amazing
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Thoroughly enjoyed this episode. I was slightly apprehensive about how the mother, Harriet, would be portrayed. Flavia has not had a normal upbringing, as we know it, and I was pleased that her character had not been changed in any great way. Although this is a sad book in some ways, the author hasn't played on this too much, and there was still a relief from the sadness that kept the atmosphere light. The mystery was still there to be worked out, but as usual it is Flavia's character and action
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***SPOILER ALERT****Flavia DeLuce's mother Harriet disappeared when she was two years old. Now Harriet is coming home and Flavia and her family are at the train station to meet her. Of course, Harriet is in her coffin and the family is in deep mourning. A man is mysteriously killed at the train station and no less than Winston Churchill himself is present and whispers one of the clues to solving the mystery to Flavia. Unanswered questions are answered in this book and it seems to wrap up the Fla
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Very happy to have finished reading the final story in the series. The plot gripped me so much I had to skim through the final chapters as I couldn't stand the suspense. Hard to put down but thoroughly enjoyable in a tense way.
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There were lots of loose threads in the ending but this was still a 5-star read for me. The mystery of Harriet’s death took a back seat to the author’s skillful weaving of the De Luce family’s grief and resilience as the finality of Harriet’s death was brought home. Flavia, ever ingenious, outrageous and hilarious, broke my heart as she tried to bring comfort to her father who had been remote and lost in his grief. The scene of her trying to resurrect her mother was breathtaking.
Simply fantastic and completely satisfying.
I love Flavia!
Best one yet!!
Oct 31, 2017
Andréa
marked it as to-read
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