The Moonstone
Ratings55
Average rating3.9
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Ratings55
Average rating3.9
One of the first English detective novels, this mystery involves the disappearance of a valuable diamond, originally stolen from a Hindu idol, given to a young woman on her eighteenth birthday, and then stolen again. A classic of 19th-century literature.
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Although three are some wonderful stretches of writing, it's tooooo long
Very fun read. I have some general complaints about the way the “mystery” unfolds, but for it being the first detective novel, I'll keep them to myself.
2018 update: I wrote a terribly-worded review when I finished this book for my Victorian Literature class. It was a roundabout review basically saying that there are very distinct and interesting characters that drive this book, which keep you interested in what they're doing and where the story is going.
