Deanna
Written in 3 parts, if you can make it through the litany of facts in Part 1, the books picks up steam as it tell stories of royalty who were thought to die by poison and investigates their death through a modern lens. Part 3 looks at modern uses of poison and is the shortest section. While certainly well researched, it could have been edited down.
Written in 3 parts, if you can make it through the litany of facts in Part 1, the books picks up steam as it tell stories of royalty who were thought to die by poison and investigates their death through a modern lens. Part 3 looks at modern uses of poison and is the shortest section. While certainly well researched, it could have been edited down.
One of my favorite book series. I love the characters and the world of these books and enjoy re-reading them every few years.
One of my favorite book series. I love the characters and the world of these books and enjoy re-reading them every few years.
It was easy to flow along with reading the book, but that also left me feeling an absence of impact in the story. I didn’t always feel interested enough to choose to read the book but also didn’t dislike it enough to give up. Some of Pedersen’s word choices felt so opposed to the flow of her writing that it would take me out of the story. She seems to rely on one word or phrase to carry the weight of the mood she is trying to set. That said, I did enjoy the supernatural element and the culmination of that at the end of the novel.
It was easy to flow along with reading the book, but that also left me feeling an absence of impact in the story. I didn’t always feel interested enough to choose to read the book but also didn’t dislike it enough to give up. Some of Pedersen’s word choices felt so opposed to the flow of her writing that it would take me out of the story. She seems to rely on one word or phrase to carry the weight of the mood she is trying to set. That said, I did enjoy the supernatural element and the culmination of that at the end of the novel.
