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A review by ellieon92
Murder in Midsummer: Classic Mysteries for the Holidays by Cecily Gayford, Julian Symons, Dorothy L. Sayers, John Dickson Carr, G.K. Chesterton, Arthur Conan Doyle, Ellis Peters, Margery Allingham, Michael Innes, Ruth Rendell
3.0
A quaint little collection of short mystery stories, its pleasantly entertaining I would say, not too bad.
It's one of those books where you don't feel like you can't wait to finish it but you'll just pick it up for a quick short read when you're bored. Also appreciate how most of the stories move forward fast with almost no drag. Other than that, it's also nice to sample all the different writing styles of the authors featured.
Downside though, it took me some getting used to with the style of writing since they were mostly written by authors more half a century ago, so the reading flow was a little awkward at times. Some stories were enjoyable, some had very lame endings.
Overall, if there was an instant version of books akin to instant noodle as to food, this would be it.
It's one of those books where you don't feel like you can't wait to finish it but you'll just pick it up for a quick short read when you're bored. Also appreciate how most of the stories move forward fast with almost no drag. Other than that, it's also nice to sample all the different writing styles of the authors featured.
Downside though, it took me some getting used to with the style of writing since they were mostly written by authors more half a century ago, so the reading flow was a little awkward at times. Some stories were enjoyable, some had very lame endings.
Overall, if there was an instant version of books akin to instant noodle as to food, this would be it.