The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: A Flavia de Luce Mystery<\/i> by Alan Bradley<\/p>\n
In searching about for a birthday gift for steakums<\/a>, I turned to NPR for book recommendations. They were reading the second in this series, The Weed that Strings the Hangman’s Bag<\/i>, and said it was good, but nto as good as the first one. It seemed like a light summer read with a strong female protagonist, so that sounded right up her alley.<\/p>\n steakums<\/a> had started with the other book I had gotten her (The Help<\/i>), so I decided to check on how good my purchase was.<\/p>\n It’s a quick read, and not without interest, but the style of writing was a little too precocious; the author just seemed to be trying too hard to be clever. The mystery was a bit too contrived and unbelievable. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: A Flavia de Luce Mystery by Alan Bradley In searching about for a birthday gift for steakums, I turned to NPR for book recommendations. They were reading the second in this series, … Continue reading
\n Who would hide a dead bird in a pie in order to smuggle it out of Norway to leave as a vague, nonsensical warning on someone’s doorstep? It was just… dumb.
\nThe book is okay, but with all those thousands of other excellent options out there, why waste your time?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"