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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

Alan Bradley

Start date: November 1, 2010

Finish date: November 30, 2010

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Mar 25, 2020 Scarlett Loves Books rated it really liked it

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie is the first installment in Alan Bradley’s Flavia De Luce series about an 11-yr old female sleuth who dabbles in Chemistry. It is set post-WW2 (1950’s) in an idyllic English countryside. In this first book, Flavia finds a dying man in her garden and her career as a young detective extraordinaire jumps from there.

You have to suspend your disbelief because Flavia is extremely intelligent for an 11 year old girl. On the same token, she is believable for an 11 ...more

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Jan 10, 2018 Kara rated it it was amazing

Shelves: popsugar-challenge-2018, 2018

Why did I wait so long to read this book? I don't know, but I am so happy that I have read it now. I think the fact that the main character of the book is only 11 years old made me think it would be a juvenile read. So not the case!!! I thought Flavia was a wonderful character! She is so smart and funny. I loved her interactions with her family, especially her oldest sister. She is very intelligent and mature beyond her years in many ways, but she is still believable as an 11-year old. The myste ...more

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Sep 14, 2013 Alana rated it really liked it

Shelves: mystery, historical-fiction, in-a-series

Part Harriet the Spy, part, Sherlock Homes deduction, all cozy mystery. Precocious (and rather unbelievable) Flavia seeks out and follows the clues to solve the mystery, making the police look not completely bumbling, but close. A fun, light read, although nothing spectacular, although I'll admit I learned quite a bit about stamps and never thought they could be so fascinating.
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