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gray5217's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
cooeeaus's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
rebeccabadger's review
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
pickpoppies's review
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Daisy is back and she and Alec have inherent a house and of course they find a body shortly after moving in, because of course.
This is the 17 book in the series and Alec is still second guessing his wife… it’s like he doesn’t know they are in a book.
This is the 17 book in the series and Alec is still second guessing his wife… it’s like he doesn’t know they are in a book.
judyward's review
2.0
Who knew that this book was the 17th in a series. It's the first of the series that I've read and I'm not sure that I'm going to check out any of the others. The book takes place in 1925 in London and provides some interesting insight into the changing social mores of post World War I England. The plot was thin, but on the plus side, it only took 2 hours to read.
fruitkate's review against another edition
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
geolatin's review against another edition
4.0
One of the better stories
Lambert is back, and he manages to redeem himself. More friends are introduced as neighbors to the house Alec inherits.
Lambert is back, and he manages to redeem himself. More friends are introduced as neighbors to the house Alec inherits.
dooooot's review
4.0
Carola Dunn is still going strong. I look forward to more Daisy books. She is just a delight.
softstarrynights's review
3.0
That's right. I'm back on the Daisy Dalrymple train. Maybe it's because I took a break, or maybe this book was especially good, but I had a great time reading. Black Ship is the seventeenth-- that's right the seventeenth-- book in the Daisy Dalrymple series, a cosy mystery series set in 1920s London. In this installment Daisy finds herself embroiled in a murder connected to her new neighbors, who may or may not be importing alcohol to prohibition America. As you would expect the book follows essentially the same formula as its sixteen predecessors. That's fine. That's expected. However, there was something unusual about this one. Thur far the books have been told in the third person following Daisy, and sometimes Alec, the investigating detective. This book gave us interludes that followed a completely different character in between the first few chapters. I'm not sure how I felt about it, or whether it necessarily added to the story, but it was fun to see the author experimenting. I thought that the pacing of the mystery was good, especially as the pressure ramped up towards the end. I loved how well Daisy managed to insert herself into the investigation so that she wasn't constantly playing catch up to the detectives. All in all, this was a very fun addition to the series and I have a great time reading it.