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I quite like Flavia, the eleven-year-old heroine of the novel. With a passion for chemistry--and poisons!--she is bright, inquisitive, observant, and capable of some brilliant deductions. Calling her an amateur sleuth just doesn't seem to give her enough credit. Yet, in spite of her logical, scientific mind, she is also given to flights of fancy, a vivid imagination (particulary as concerns the gruesome and morbid), and much impetuousness, making her a bit more believable as an eleven-year-old.
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A fun, quick story with a precocious 11-year-old narrator. The mystery was there, but the heart of the story is adventure. I will be reading the others in the series!
Once again, a rating thwarted by Goodreads's lack of half-stars. I actually rated this one at 4.5 stars. The narration is awesome and the feel of the book reminded me a little of Lemony Snicket. Flavia is very precocious for her age and there are a lot of ten-dollar words at work. It's very light-hearted and whimsical for a mystery and that made it all the more fun. I also really liked all of the chemistry references sprinkled throughout the plot. I'm just nerdy like that.
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Dec 20, 2012
Veronika
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murder-mystery,
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Really enjoyable, witty and charming and with a really sarcastic, but very loveable main character. The mystery was also pretty awesome, dark and entertaining. Also I honestly didn't knew who the murderer was until Flavia found it out.
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I just could not get into this book. At first glance I thought that I would enjoy it but after reading a third of the book and just not finding a catch to hold my attention I decided to just give up.
Oct 30, 2011
Diana S
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remember-2013
I can't wait to read the rest of this series!.... Enjoyed it!
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Aug 15, 2011
Jessie Marie
marked it as to-read
Apr 29, 2012
Kari
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Oct 24, 2012
Amy :)
marked it as to-read
Feb 13, 2015
Anita Reads
marked it as to-read-series-start
Oct 03, 2015
fleurette
marked it as meet-n-greet
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Eyvonne
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