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Indlæser... As chimney sweepers come to dust : a Flavia de Luce novel (udgave 2016)af C. Alan Bradley
Work InformationAs Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust af Alan Bradley
  
Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog.   ) cspiwak | Mar 6, 2024 |   ) dhenn31 | Jan 24, 2024 | ) karenhmoore | Jan 1, 2024 | Flavia is cut off from her normal milieu and one of my favourite fictional characters, Dogger, her father's valet and Flavia's mentor. The dynamic is very different: she is not whizzing around on her bicycle Gladys and querying adults - there are other girls to deal with, some of whom also seem to be in training for the same security service. However, none of them become soul mates to Flavia's and our disappointment and the uncertainty about the victim and murderer persists until late on in the story when it is rather abruptly resolved involving a character who was so throw away earlier on, I couldn't even recall their appearance. I also couldn't fathom why she and possibly others had changed their identities so that part of it remains a muddle. So although I enjoyed most of the story, as with volume 6 I found the ending rather anti-climactic. Hence only a 4-star rating. ( ) kitsune_reader | Nov 23, 2023 |  ) AdonisGuilfoyle | Sep 25, 2023 | ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
Belongs to SeriesFlavia de Luce (7) HæderspriserDistinctions
Fiction.
Mystery.
Thriller.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Flavia de Lucepart Harriet the Spy, part Violet Baudelaire from Lemony Snickets A Series of Unfortunate Events (The New York Times Book Review)takes her remarkable sleuthing prowess to the unexpectedly unsavory world of Canadian boarding schools in this captivating mystery. Banished! is how twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce laments her predicament, when her father and Aunt Felicity ship her off to Miss Bodycotes Female Academy, the boarding school that her mother, Harriet, once attended across the sea in Canada. The sun has not yet risen on Flavias first day in captivity when a gift lands at her feet. Flavia being Flavia, a budding chemist and sleuth, that gift is a charred and mummified body, which tumbles out of a bedroom chimney. Now, while attending classes, making friends (and enemies), and assessing the schools stern headmistress and faculty (one of whom is an acquitted murderess), Flavia is on the hunt for the victims identity and time of death, as well as suspects, motives, and means. Rumors swirl that Miss Bodycotes is haunted, and that several girls have disappeared without a trace. When it comes to solving multiple mysteries, Flavia is up to the taskbut her true destiny has yet to be revealed. Praise for As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust Flavia de Luce [is] perhaps contemporary crime fictions most original characterto say she is Pippi Longstocking with a Ph.D. in chemistry (speciality: poisons) barely begins to describe her.Macleans Another treat for readers of all ages . . . [As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust] maintains the high standards Bradley set from the start.Booklist Exceptional . . . [The] intriguing setup only gets better, and Bradley makes Miss Bodycotes a suitably Gothic setting for Flavias sleuthing. Through it all, her morbid narrative voice continues to charm.Publishers Weekly (starred review) Even after all these years, Flavia de Luce is still the worlds greatest adolescent British chemist/busybody/sleuth.The Seattle Times Plot twists come faster than Canadian snowfall. . . . Bradleys sense of observation is as keen as gung-ho scientist Flavias. . . . The results so far are seven sparkling Flavia de Luce mysteries.Library Journal. No library descriptions found. |
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