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sgoldin · 12-12-2013, 04:42 PM

I just finished Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley, the 5th Flavia deLuce mystery novel. Although in some ways it seemed a bit unfocused and went in many directions, in other ways it's perhaps the best of the series. For those who've never met Flavia, she's an 11-year-old girl in 1950 England with a talent for chemistry and a passion for poisons (which she doesn't use, no matter how tempted). Instead, she uses her intellect to solve murder mysteries. I tend to think of her as Wednesday Addams who sold her soul to the light side of the force.

I suspect that the reason the book seems so unfocused is that it's setting things up for the next book in the series.

12-12-2013, 04:42 PM	#703
sgoldin SF/Fantasy Author Posts: 297 Karma: 214264 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: San Ramon,California, USA Device: Adobe Digital Editions	Speaking from Among the Bones I just finished Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley, the 5th Flavia deLuce mystery novel. Although in some ways it seemed a bit unfocused and went in many directions, in other ways it's perhaps the best of the series. For those who've never met Flavia, she's an 11-year-old girl in 1950 England with a talent for chemistry and a passion for poisons (which she doesn't use, no matter how tempted). Instead, she uses her intellect to solve murder mysteries. I tend to think of her as Wednesday Addams who sold her soul to the light side of the force. I suspect that the reason the book seems so unfocused is that it's setting things up for the next book in the series.