Alejandra Montero từ Senahú, Guatemala

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12/22/2024

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Alejandra Montero Sách lại (11)

2018-12-31 00:30

Ô Mai Ướp Nắng Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: La Thị Ánh Hường

If I were to draw a Venn diagram of my wife's literary tastes and mine, there would be very little overlap. She finds my favorite books unreadable, while I am bored by the Harry Potter books that captivate her. So it was with more than a little trepidation that I read this book on her recommendation. I knew she liked it and I didn't want to upset her if I hated it. Well, she has been holding out on me. It's been a long time since I have been as charmed and captivated by a book as I was by The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. Flava de Luce is a precocious eleven year old, living with her distant widowed father and two older sister at their English country estate in 1950. Flavia loves to torment her sisters Ophelia and Daphne, who in turn barely tolerate her. Flavia seems more comfortable with adults or alone with her chemistry experiments, chemistry being her true passion. When Flavia witnesses a man die on her family's property, she takes it upon herself to solve the murder. I really can't do justice to the charm and delight of this book by mere description. Flavia is truly an original. She is smart, funny and truly a brat, but so full of life that she is always captivating. I found myself laughing out loud many times while reading. I suppose true mystery afficiandos might not find the plot truly engrossing, but I much like the No.1 Ladies' Detective series, the mysteries are not really the point here. It's about the characters and Flavia is one of kind. There are minor characters who are just as charming like Mrs. Mullett the cook with her terrible pies and Dogger the heroic valet, who may be Flavia's true role model. I loved, loved, loved this book and cannot wait to get to the next.

Người đọc Alejandra Montero từ Senahú, Guatemala

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.