Point Books Conducive To As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust (Flavia de Luce #7)
| Original Title: | As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust |
| ISBN: | 0345539931 (ISBN13: 9780345539939) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Flavia de Luce #7 |
| Characters: | Flavia de Luce |
| Setting: | Toronto, Ontario(Canada) |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Mystery & Thriller (2015) |
Alan Bradley
Hardcover | Pages: 392 pages Rating: 3.94 | 22807 Users | 3148 Reviews
Specify Containing Books As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust (Flavia de Luce #7)
| Title | : | As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust (Flavia de Luce #7) |
| Author | : | Alan Bradley |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 392 pages |
| Published | : | January 6th 2015 by Delacorte Press |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Audiobook |
Relation Concering Books As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust (Flavia de Luce #7)
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFlavia de Luce—“part Harriet the Spy, part Violet Baudelaire from Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events” (The New York Times Book Review)—takes her remarkable sleuthing prowess to the unexpectedly unsavory world of Canadian boarding schools in the captivating new mystery from New York Times bestselling author Alan Bradley.
Banished! is how twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce laments her predicament, when her father and Aunt Felicity ship her off to Miss Bodycote’s Female Academy, the boarding school that her mother, Harriet, once attended across the sea in Canada. The sun has not yet risen on Flavia’s first day in captivity when a gift lands at her feet. Flavia being Flavia, a budding chemist and sleuth, that gift is a charred and mummified body, which tumbles out of a bedroom chimney. Now, while attending classes, making friends (and enemies), and assessing the school’s stern headmistress and faculty (one of whom is an acquitted murderess), Flavia is on the hunt for the victim’s identity and time of death, as well as suspects, motives, and means. Rumors swirl that Miss Bodycote’s is haunted, and that several girls have disappeared without a trace. When it comes to solving multiple mysteries, Flavia is up to the task—but her true destiny has yet to be revealed.
Praise for As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
“Flavia de Luce [is] perhaps contemporary crime fiction’s most original character—to say she is Pippi Longstocking with a Ph.D. in chemistry (speciality: poisons) barely begins to describe her.”—Maclean’s
“Another treat for readers of all ages . . . [As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust] maintains the high standards Bradley set from the start.”—Booklist
“Exceptional . . . [The] intriguing setup only gets better, and Bradley makes Miss Bodycote’s a suitably Gothic setting for Flavia’s sleuthing. Through it all, her morbid narrative voice continues to charm.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Even after all these years, Flavia de Luce is still the world’s greatest adolescent British chemist/busybody/sleuth.”—The Seattle Times
“Plot twists come faster than Canadian snowfall. . . . Bradley’s sense of observation is as keen as gung-ho scientist Flavia’s. . . . The results so far are seven sparkling Flavia de Luce mysteries.”—Library Journal
“A rattling good ‘girls’ own adventure’ yarn with an extensive cast of characters and suspects . . . When all is revealed, the links, misunderstandings and secrecy have a satisfying click.”—Winnipeg Free Press
“A delightful installment in the series!”—LibraryReads
Acclaim for Alan Bradley’s beloved Flavia de Luce novels, winners of the Crime Writers’ Association Debut Dagger Award, Barry Award, Agatha Award, Macavity Award, Dilys Winn Award, and Arthur Ellis Award
“If ever there were a sleuth who’s bold, brilliant, and, yes, adorable, it’s Flavia de Luce.”—USA Today
“This idiosyncratic young heroine continues to charm.”—The Wall Street Journal
“Delightful . . . a combination of Eloise and Sherlock Holmes.”—The Boston Globe
From the Hardcover edition.
Rating Containing Books As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust (Flavia de Luce #7)
Ratings: 3.94 From 22807 Users | 3148 ReviewsWrite-Up Containing Books As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust (Flavia de Luce #7)
Loved it! This is where I started with FDL, (book 7), with no expectations, (isn't it YA?) and was happily surprised that it was set in Canada. It's like, Unfortunate Events meets the Elegance of the Hedgehog, with a touch of a Mary Russell. The heroine is a sad, painfully deprived, self-involved little egotist, but somehow that's perfectly ok.Fun adventure for Flavia away from Bishop's Lacey. I missed Dogger and Gladys but Flavia met a role model only she could love (view spoiler)[(an acquitted husband poisoner with an electron microscope who orders late-night Chemistry experiments and assists the police) (hide spoiler)]. Also a shocking discovery -- the correct pronunciation is [FLAY-vee-ah] not [FLAH-vee-ah].
Surprisingly I did not find this book as wonderful and entertaining as the author's previous works. Maybe it is because Flavia was out of her element, or maybe I missed the other ancillary characters that enhanced her life in the stories, but this book just lacked the charm of the previous ones. Happily the author plans to return his heroine to her mileeu in the next book. The mystery was ok but again did not have the verve of previous stories. So all in all I am giving this review only 3 stars,
I am an avowed fan of the Flavia de Luce series and have rated every book up to this one with a solid 4 stars. This 7th installment was overall less engaging to me. Flavia who just turned 12, has been "banished" to Toronto to the boarding school her mother attended, Miss Bodycote's Female Academy. I realized early in this read that much of the interest of the series revolves around the dynamics created with Flavia's family, the family's estate Buckshore and the cast of characters in and around
Flavia is starting her first year at Miss Bodycote's Academy. She's homesick a lot - and so was I. I liked how the school and its inhabitants were described. But it was not Buckshaw. Dogger, Flavia's father and sisters, Mr and Mrs Mullet still are present in Flavia's thoughts but it's just not the same.I also found the crime rather confusing. There are so many new characters that I sometimes lost track of who was who. In the end it all comes to a logic conclusion but the twists and turns before
Flavia de Luce is "banished" from her beloved Buckshaw and sent overseas to Miss Bodycote's Female Academy in Toronto, Canada. Upon her arrival, she is almost immediately beset by a mystery to solve. A body literally falls out of the chimney in her new room at the academy.While I enjoyed getting another visit with Flavia, this was not one of the better mysteries of the series. I am also still confused about what Flavia was supposed to be doing at the Academy and how her time with Miss Fawlthorne
I hate hate hate to rate this so low. I love Flavia! I love this series. However, this one felt so very forced to me. It read as if Alan Bradley just really needed a different location in which to place Flavia. He sends her from her family home in England (Buckshaw) to a private girls school in Canada. Then within hours of her arrival she finds a dead body, in a very unbelievable place I might add. Between that and other people disappearing I was not sure whose body we were looking for and whose
No comments
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.