Advent Calendar 7th December _ ππ€Άπ
πΌπ 7th day Christmas countdown
WO-WO-WO-WOW !! The first week of December is almost ended!
...and today, as a daily image for the Advent Calendar, I have chosen a beautiful Christmas novella by Agatha Christie (to me the best short story by A. Christie): THE ADVENTURE OF THE CHRISTMAS PUDDING , first published in 1960 in a short story collection.
Equally engaging and enjoyable is the television adaptation, from 1991, with the excellent David Suchet, the one who, in my opinion, represents the true and only Poirot among all those brought to the screen.
The festive atmosphere can be felt from the start to the end and there are no deaths, just a mysterious theft to investigate, which makes the story even lighter and more cheerful.
The quote may seem silly, but actually it says a lot: the little things are the really important ones, the small and simple things, without delusions of grandeur, are what makes us truly happy.
Each of us takes many things for granted, actually they are not, because not everyone on this earth has what represents normality for us.
If you like collecting bookmarks and/or postcards or illustrated images, then it might be a good idea to download the image and use it as a bookmark.
I usually print with a color printer, paste on cardboard and then apply a transparent adhesive paper on both sides, so that the bookmark does not get damaged and the image remains intact for years.
(NOTE : I'm from Italy, so please forgive any errors in my text since English is not my native tongue. Thanks )
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Thursday, December 07, 2023
Wednesday, December 06, 2023
Advent Calendar 6th December
Advent Calendar 6th December _ ππ€Άπ
πΌπ 6th day Christmas countdown
Hello everybody !
Here I am with another image showing a quote and few pictures from a 2005 touching film, that was inspired by a real event happened during World War I.
The film's original title is "JOYEUX NOΓ«L" that means "MARRY CHRISTMAS" and talks about the Christmas truce of 1914 between German, French and Scottish trench soldiers.
The purpose of this film is to demonstrate the absurdity of war, but as we can see from the news, evidently there is no one worse deaf than the one who doesn't want to hear, because every day there is more than one war in every part of the world.
Of all the films I like to watch during the Christmas period, this is one of those that touched my heart the most.
If you are interested in learning more, there are many books you can read about it, all very touching.
The book I read is a collection of letters from the soldiers themselves who wrote to their families, telling of this incredible miracle, which however was then silenced by the authorities in order to continue the war. Only later, in modern times, many letters were recovered from the English archives and then published, while the German ones were mostly destroyed.
Here is the cover and title of the book I read, but as I said before you can find many other titles on that subject:
Christmas Truce by the Men Who Took Part- Letters from the 1914 Ceasefire on the Western Front
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Hello everybody !
Here I am with another image showing a quote and few pictures from a 2005 touching film, that was inspired by a real event happened during World War I.
The film's original title is "JOYEUX NOΓ«L" that means "MARRY CHRISTMAS" and talks about the Christmas truce of 1914 between German, French and Scottish trench soldiers.
The purpose of this film is to demonstrate the absurdity of war, but as we can see from the news, evidently there is no one worse deaf than the one who doesn't want to hear, because every day there is more than one war in every part of the world.
Of all the films I like to watch during the Christmas period, this is one of those that touched my heart the most.
If you are interested in learning more, there are many books you can read about it, all very touching.
The book I read is a collection of letters from the soldiers themselves who wrote to their families, telling of this incredible miracle, which however was then silenced by the authorities in order to continue the war. Only later, in modern times, many letters were recovered from the English archives and then published, while the German ones were mostly destroyed.
Here is the cover and title of the book I read, but as I said before you can find many other titles on that subject:
Christmas Truce by the Men Who Took Part- Letters from the 1914 Ceasefire on the Western Front
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Book review : The Mystery of Mistletoe Hall by Benedict Brown
The Mystery of Mistletoe Hall
A Standalone 1920s Christmas Mystery
Lord Edgington Investigates series Book 4
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This book is part of a series ( Lord Edgington Investigates and this is installment #4) but was written by the author as a standalone and I was happy with the choice of the "English mysteries" group because I love "whodunits" set at Christmas.
The writer has a smooth and funny writing style and I loved the protagonist, a young 17-year-old, nephew of Lord Edgington, who still doesn't have a clear path in life, he doesn't know what his best qualities are but he doesn't hold back in front of nothing (even if he often would like it)
___ THE PLOT ___ England, 1925. When Lord Edgington receives an invitation to spend the Christmas holiday with an old colleague from the police, he expects fine food, good conversation and the warmth of a roaring fire. But on arriving at Mistletoe Hall with his family, they discover the house deserted and no explanation for where their host or his servants could be. After a while they found a body in the garden and as more guests appear, the master detective begins to question what could connect the disparate group of newcomers and if the culprit could be among them.
The narrator is the young nephew of Lord Edgington, while the second protagonist, the one in charge of the investigation is the eccentric Lord, who, receiving the invitation to his friend's estate, brought with him his daughter, the 2 grandchildren, the faithful driver, the cook and the waiter.
___ MY OPINION ___ I only gave 3 stars because there were aspects that I liked in this book, while for others I couldn't wait to move on to the next book.
__WHAT I LIKED ___ I liked all the main characters (therefore Lord Edgington's family and his nephew's friends), except Lord Edgington himself. I liked in particular the young nephew, who, ironically about himself and sometimes about his family, in a kindly manner obviously, frequently tears laughter at the reader.
The Christmas atmosphere is very present in the book thanks to the descriptions of decorations, songs, festive dishes, the search for the tree and the emotional warmth that is perceived among family members.
It may seem obvious, but not all mysteries set at Christmas are truly Christmassy and when they aren't, it disturbs me greatly, I perceive it a bit as a rip-off.
__ WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE __ I hadn't read, in the plot presented by Gooodreads, that the book was a bit like "And there were none" by A. Christie, a book that many love but which I didn't like at all ! (I love all of A. Christie's mysteries except 3, and that is one of the 3 that I didn't like).
The main reason is that there is a claustrophobic atmosphere, and while in Christie's book, the characters are stuck in a house on an island, here they are stuck in a house full of horrible extravagance, surrounded by so much snow that it is impossible to leave. The killer is there and everyone is in danger.
THIS MAY BE FASCINATING IN A "WHODUNIT" TO MANY PEOPLE, so don't be put off by my impressions.
The other book which, in my opinion, inspired this book is "Mystery in White" (1937) by Jefferson Farjeon (the plot is similar in many ways, I also liked this in many respects, but the sense of claustrophobia disturbed me ).
---> The second thing I didn't like is more serious: in my opinion the mystery wasn't exactly well constructed. It makes little sense.
____WARNING SPOILER ___ [ the culprit, the policeman, wants revenge on his former superiors for having framed his father, who was actually guilty of murder, many years ago.
So far so good... it doesn't make sense, however, that he would invite other people to the estate and kill them just because they had delinquent fathers and were ashamed of it... I find this motive really weak ]__SPOILER END ___ .
---> Furthermore, among all the guests there is a female character who is never actually suspected, although it is clear that she lies about her acquaintance with the host. And yet even at the end it isn't really made clear what his connections with that person sound like.
---> Lord Edgington then suspects someone who claims to know the dead man well, citing the fact that the dead man had never mentioned that boy in his life.
Well in the end it turns out that the boy is telling the truth and therefore all Lord Edgington's logic loses sense... that is: if your friend never told you about someone, it doesn't mean that someone didn't know your friend well.
In this case I found Lord Edgington a little presumptuous and a little too convinced of his own ideas.
---> Detective Lord Edgington also makes me nervous with his way of speaking, he talks, talks, talks and in fact never says anything concrete...even his nephew tells him several times to stop talking through riddles...because that way nothing is understandable.
___IN CONCLUSION___ the book isn't bad for me, but I've read better. However, I advise you to try reading it, because overall, if the sense of clautrophobia doesn't bother you, you might like it.
I will definitely give this author another chance, because his sparkling writing style captured me!
(last note: sorry for my English, it's not my language and I wrote the review quicker than usual, before going to work...sorry for any errors in my text)
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A Standalone 1920s Christmas Mystery
Lord Edgington Investigates series Book 4
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This book is part of a series ( Lord Edgington Investigates and this is installment #4) but was written by the author as a standalone and I was happy with the choice of the "English mysteries" group because I love "whodunits" set at Christmas.
The writer has a smooth and funny writing style and I loved the protagonist, a young 17-year-old, nephew of Lord Edgington, who still doesn't have a clear path in life, he doesn't know what his best qualities are but he doesn't hold back in front of nothing (even if he often would like it)
___ THE PLOT ___ England, 1925. When Lord Edgington receives an invitation to spend the Christmas holiday with an old colleague from the police, he expects fine food, good conversation and the warmth of a roaring fire. But on arriving at Mistletoe Hall with his family, they discover the house deserted and no explanation for where their host or his servants could be. After a while they found a body in the garden and as more guests appear, the master detective begins to question what could connect the disparate group of newcomers and if the culprit could be among them.
The narrator is the young nephew of Lord Edgington, while the second protagonist, the one in charge of the investigation is the eccentric Lord, who, receiving the invitation to his friend's estate, brought with him his daughter, the 2 grandchildren, the faithful driver, the cook and the waiter.
___ MY OPINION ___ I only gave 3 stars because there were aspects that I liked in this book, while for others I couldn't wait to move on to the next book.
__WHAT I LIKED ___ I liked all the main characters (therefore Lord Edgington's family and his nephew's friends), except Lord Edgington himself. I liked in particular the young nephew, who, ironically about himself and sometimes about his family, in a kindly manner obviously, frequently tears laughter at the reader.
The Christmas atmosphere is very present in the book thanks to the descriptions of decorations, songs, festive dishes, the search for the tree and the emotional warmth that is perceived among family members.
It may seem obvious, but not all mysteries set at Christmas are truly Christmassy and when they aren't, it disturbs me greatly, I perceive it a bit as a rip-off.
__ WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE __ I hadn't read, in the plot presented by Gooodreads, that the book was a bit like "And there were none" by A. Christie, a book that many love but which I didn't like at all ! (I love all of A. Christie's mysteries except 3, and that is one of the 3 that I didn't like).
The main reason is that there is a claustrophobic atmosphere, and while in Christie's book, the characters are stuck in a house on an island, here they are stuck in a house full of horrible extravagance, surrounded by so much snow that it is impossible to leave. The killer is there and everyone is in danger.
THIS MAY BE FASCINATING IN A "WHODUNIT" TO MANY PEOPLE, so don't be put off by my impressions.
The other book which, in my opinion, inspired this book is "Mystery in White" (1937) by Jefferson Farjeon (the plot is similar in many ways, I also liked this in many respects, but the sense of claustrophobia disturbed me ).
---> The second thing I didn't like is more serious: in my opinion the mystery wasn't exactly well constructed. It makes little sense.
____WARNING SPOILER ___ [ the culprit, the policeman, wants revenge on his former superiors for having framed his father, who was actually guilty of murder, many years ago.
So far so good... it doesn't make sense, however, that he would invite other people to the estate and kill them just because they had delinquent fathers and were ashamed of it... I find this motive really weak ]__SPOILER END ___ .
---> Furthermore, among all the guests there is a female character who is never actually suspected, although it is clear that she lies about her acquaintance with the host. And yet even at the end it isn't really made clear what his connections with that person sound like.
---> Lord Edgington then suspects someone who claims to know the dead man well, citing the fact that the dead man had never mentioned that boy in his life.
Well in the end it turns out that the boy is telling the truth and therefore all Lord Edgington's logic loses sense... that is: if your friend never told you about someone, it doesn't mean that someone didn't know your friend well.
In this case I found Lord Edgington a little presumptuous and a little too convinced of his own ideas.
---> Detective Lord Edgington also makes me nervous with his way of speaking, he talks, talks, talks and in fact never says anything concrete...even his nephew tells him several times to stop talking through riddles...because that way nothing is understandable.
___IN CONCLUSION___ the book isn't bad for me, but I've read better. However, I advise you to try reading it, because overall, if the sense of clautrophobia doesn't bother you, you might like it.
I will definitely give this author another chance, because his sparkling writing style captured me!
(last note: sorry for my English, it's not my language and I wrote the review quicker than usual, before going to work...sorry for any errors in my text)
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Tuesday, December 05, 2023
Advent Calendar 5th December
Advent Calendar 5th December _ ππ€Άπ
πΌπ 5th day Christmas countdown
Hi my dear readers, today is the fifth day of the month and another time I've chosen a beautiful musical among those from the old Hollywood.
It's a 1944 classic, starring the wonderful Judy Garland : MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS.
It is a film adaptation signed by Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finklehoffe and inspired by a series of short stories by Sally Benson, originally published in The New Yorker magazine.
Later became a novel entitled 5135 KENSINGTON.
THE STORY: A young woman eagerly awaits the start of the Saint Louis World's Fair as well as the arrival of the boy next door she loves madly.
Unfortunately the girl's father seems to have other plans due to the possibility of obtaining a promotion in New York City.
Among the songs in the film, one in particular stands out: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, sung by J. Garland and which has become a musical standard over time.
The quote I chose is something that each of us should remember every day at all times.
Sincerity, in fact, is always the winning card.
I hope you like my suggestion to spend a cheerful afternoon or evening in front of the screen and I'm wishing you a good day!
(As always : sorry for any errors in my text, English is only a second tongue not my native one )
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Hi my dear readers, today is the fifth day of the month and another time I've chosen a beautiful musical among those from the old Hollywood.
It's a 1944 classic, starring the wonderful Judy Garland : MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS.
It is a film adaptation signed by Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finklehoffe and inspired by a series of short stories by Sally Benson, originally published in The New Yorker magazine.
Later became a novel entitled 5135 KENSINGTON.
THE STORY: A young woman eagerly awaits the start of the Saint Louis World's Fair as well as the arrival of the boy next door she loves madly.
Unfortunately the girl's father seems to have other plans due to the possibility of obtaining a promotion in New York City.
Among the songs in the film, one in particular stands out: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, sung by J. Garland and which has become a musical standard over time.
The quote I chose is something that each of us should remember every day at all times.
Sincerity, in fact, is always the winning card.
I hope you like my suggestion to spend a cheerful afternoon or evening in front of the screen and I'm wishing you a good day!
(As always : sorry for any errors in my text, English is only a second tongue not my native one )
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Monday, December 04, 2023
Advent Calendar 4th December
Advent Calendar 4th December _ ππ€Άπ
πΌπ 4th day Christmas countdown
Hello everybody dear friends, wishing you a happy 4th day of the month.
Since today is also my birthday I chose a classic novel I loved so much in my childhood ( and still do ) and that is also an homage to all women : A LITTLE PRINCESS by Frances Hodgson Burnetts
( At the link above you can find several editions ).
As many of us know, this this novel for children, published for the first time in 1905.
It tells THE STORY of little Sara Crewe in an exclusive boarding school where she finds herself first as a privileged student and then, following the death of her father, she is forced to work as a scullery maid to support herself and forced to do all sorts of errands and given very harsh treatment.
What is moving is that Sara, even in poverty, demonstrates great generosity towards other people who suffer like her. And when she finds the help of good people, she will be able to share her fortunes with others.
I have seen many film adaptations, well made and engaging, however my favorite remains the 1939 Hollywood musical with the legendary prodigy child Shirley Temple.
The quote is a phrase that I have always liked.
Furthermore, considering that women throughout history have always been put in second place compared to men and that even today, despite emancipation, they are often mistreated and suffer abuse (and in many parts of the world they still experience situations of submission to men), on my birthday I wanted to remind all women that we worth. Young or old, rich or poor, beautiful or less beautiful, we all are princesses!
If you like the image above, you can download it , print it and save it as a nice bookmark :-)
(NOTE : I know my English is not so good, my native language is Italian, so please be lenient with me)
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Hello everybody dear friends, wishing you a happy 4th day of the month.
Since today is also my birthday I chose a classic novel I loved so much in my childhood ( and still do ) and that is also an homage to all women : A LITTLE PRINCESS by Frances Hodgson Burnetts
( At the link above you can find several editions ).
As many of us know, this this novel for children, published for the first time in 1905.
It tells THE STORY of little Sara Crewe in an exclusive boarding school where she finds herself first as a privileged student and then, following the death of her father, she is forced to work as a scullery maid to support herself and forced to do all sorts of errands and given very harsh treatment.
What is moving is that Sara, even in poverty, demonstrates great generosity towards other people who suffer like her. And when she finds the help of good people, she will be able to share her fortunes with others.
I have seen many film adaptations, well made and engaging, however my favorite remains the 1939 Hollywood musical with the legendary prodigy child Shirley Temple.
The quote is a phrase that I have always liked.
Furthermore, considering that women throughout history have always been put in second place compared to men and that even today, despite emancipation, they are often mistreated and suffer abuse (and in many parts of the world they still experience situations of submission to men), on my birthday I wanted to remind all women that we worth. Young or old, rich or poor, beautiful or less beautiful, we all are princesses!
If you like the image above, you can download it , print it and save it as a nice bookmark :-)
(NOTE : I know my English is not so good, my native language is Italian, so please be lenient with me)
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Sunday, December 03, 2023
Advent Calendar 3rd December
Advent Calendar 3rd December _ ππ€Άπ
πΌπ 3rd day Christmas countdown
Hello dear friends, here is the third image of my Advetnt Calendar, a cheerful Christmas countdown with quotes from novels and movies I love.
This time I chose a classic movie from old Hollywood, the musical SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS.
The screenplay, by Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich and Dorothy Kingsley, is based on the short story "THE SOBBIN' WOMEN" by Stephen Vincent BenΓ©t, in turn based on the ancient Roman legend of the Rape of the Sabine Women.
THE STORY: 1850, Oregon Mountains (United States ). The story tells us about the Pontipee Brothers, all beautiful and a little wild, so much so that they seem more like a tribe than a normal family.
When they go down to the village one day, they soon fall in love with the village girls and start a fight with their boyfriends.
Returning to the mountain, the woodcutters feel they are suffering from lovesickness and the older brother, already engaged, suggests they kidnap the girls, as the Romans did with the Sabine women.
The movie offers beautiful dance choreographies and beautiful songs and with the snowy landscapes it enters the Christmas atmosphere very well.
The quote I chose is funny and romantic at the same time, since is spoken by a simple lumberjack, who doesn't know much about good manners with ladies, but understands perfectly how true love leaves its marks on the heart.
If you like this image you can download it by clicking on the preview and print it to use i as a bookmark.
(As always : sorry for any errors in my text, English is only a second tongue not my native one )
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Hello dear friends, here is the third image of my Advetnt Calendar, a cheerful Christmas countdown with quotes from novels and movies I love.
This time I chose a classic movie from old Hollywood, the musical SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS.
The screenplay, by Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich and Dorothy Kingsley, is based on the short story "THE SOBBIN' WOMEN" by Stephen Vincent BenΓ©t, in turn based on the ancient Roman legend of the Rape of the Sabine Women.
THE STORY: 1850, Oregon Mountains (United States ). The story tells us about the Pontipee Brothers, all beautiful and a little wild, so much so that they seem more like a tribe than a normal family.
When they go down to the village one day, they soon fall in love with the village girls and start a fight with their boyfriends.
Returning to the mountain, the woodcutters feel they are suffering from lovesickness and the older brother, already engaged, suggests they kidnap the girls, as the Romans did with the Sabine women.
The movie offers beautiful dance choreographies and beautiful songs and with the snowy landscapes it enters the Christmas atmosphere very well.
The quote I chose is funny and romantic at the same time, since is spoken by a simple lumberjack, who doesn't know much about good manners with ladies, but understands perfectly how true love leaves its marks on the heart.
If you like this image you can download it by clicking on the preview and print it to use i as a bookmark.
(As always : sorry for any errors in my text, English is only a second tongue not my native one )
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Book review : Upon the Midnight Clear by Tasha Alexander
Upon the Midnight Clear #13.5
A Lady Emily Christmas Story
Lady Emily Mysteries
by Tasha Alexander
My rating: 3.4 of 5 stars
Short Christmas story from a mystery series that I love very much, not only thanks to the 2 main characters, Lady Emily, an amateur sleuth, and her husband Colin, a spy in the service of the English crown, but also thanks to the historical part always included by the author in her novels and to the mysteries/detection aspect always very well thought.
While usually I really love the novels in the series (almost always 4 and 5 stars for me), the short Christmas stories had disappointed me a little so far: set at Christmas, they had nothing Christmas-like about them.
That didn't stop me from reading the last short Christmas story I had left with these protagonists and finally in this little book I was able to breathe a bit of festive air.
___THE PLOT___ London, 1901. While Lady Emily and her family are shopping in Hamley's toy shop, a stranger gives her three sons some Christmas crackers that, when opened, reveal a mysterious messages.
Meanwhile, a slightly eccentric man requests the help of Colin and Lady Emily to find his daughter, taken away by the parents of his wife who died during childbirth.
---> In this story, as in the longer novels is palpable the mutual love between Emily and her husband and the joy and serenity of the whole family with their 3 children and the faithful nanny.
The moments of shopping, ironic but affectionate jokes between the two spouses, the excitement of the children in opening the crackers, give a lively and fun atmosphere to the story.
The mystery of the disappearance of the daughter of the man, who hired our two investigators, is well thought out despite the brevity of the story and it's engaging until its conclusion.
---> The only thing that always annoys me are the dialogues that the author writes for the 3 children: they are 5 years old and even assuming that they are ultra-intelligent kids, at that age they cannot speak as politely as 20-year-old adults who they have already completed the entire course of their studies. We know that the 3 children already know how to read and one of them is a little genius... but the speeches made by all 3 children are unlikely in reality.
Despite this, I always recommend this series to all lovers of historical mysteries, in my opinion it is one of the best, especially if you love the historical component (don't start from the Christmas stories, start from the 1st or 2nd novel in the series)
(Thanks for reading my review, please pardon me for any errors in the text, I'm from Italy and English is not my language )
If you are interested in other reviews about Lady Emily mysteries you can find 2 of them here ( I also reaad other books in the series past years, but I didn't have my blog yet, I'm trying to rewrite them all, but it takes time )
BOOK #2 : "A Poisoned Season"
BOOK #3 : "A Fatal Waltz"
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A Lady Emily Christmas Story
Lady Emily Mysteries
by Tasha Alexander
My rating: 3.4 of 5 stars
Short Christmas story from a mystery series that I love very much, not only thanks to the 2 main characters, Lady Emily, an amateur sleuth, and her husband Colin, a spy in the service of the English crown, but also thanks to the historical part always included by the author in her novels and to the mysteries/detection aspect always very well thought.
While usually I really love the novels in the series (almost always 4 and 5 stars for me), the short Christmas stories had disappointed me a little so far: set at Christmas, they had nothing Christmas-like about them.
That didn't stop me from reading the last short Christmas story I had left with these protagonists and finally in this little book I was able to breathe a bit of festive air.
___THE PLOT___ London, 1901. While Lady Emily and her family are shopping in Hamley's toy shop, a stranger gives her three sons some Christmas crackers that, when opened, reveal a mysterious messages.
Meanwhile, a slightly eccentric man requests the help of Colin and Lady Emily to find his daughter, taken away by the parents of his wife who died during childbirth.
---> In this story, as in the longer novels is palpable the mutual love between Emily and her husband and the joy and serenity of the whole family with their 3 children and the faithful nanny.
The moments of shopping, ironic but affectionate jokes between the two spouses, the excitement of the children in opening the crackers, give a lively and fun atmosphere to the story.
The mystery of the disappearance of the daughter of the man, who hired our two investigators, is well thought out despite the brevity of the story and it's engaging until its conclusion.
---> The only thing that always annoys me are the dialogues that the author writes for the 3 children: they are 5 years old and even assuming that they are ultra-intelligent kids, at that age they cannot speak as politely as 20-year-old adults who they have already completed the entire course of their studies. We know that the 3 children already know how to read and one of them is a little genius... but the speeches made by all 3 children are unlikely in reality.
Despite this, I always recommend this series to all lovers of historical mysteries, in my opinion it is one of the best, especially if you love the historical component (don't start from the Christmas stories, start from the 1st or 2nd novel in the series)
(Thanks for reading my review, please pardon me for any errors in the text, I'm from Italy and English is not my language )
If you are interested in other reviews about Lady Emily mysteries you can find 2 of them here ( I also reaad other books in the series past years, but I didn't have my blog yet, I'm trying to rewrite them all, but it takes time )
BOOK #2 : "A Poisoned Season"
BOOK #3 : "A Fatal Waltz"
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