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Book Review of The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, Bk 1)

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, Bk 1)
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This was the November pick for my neighborhood book club and I didn't enjoy it. The British farce narrative just didn't work for me, it just got tiresome after a while.

Apart from a few humorous bits, I just didn't buy Flava de Luce as an 11-year-old chemical and detective prodigy. It didn't seem authentic, but rather forced and artificial.

This book just wasn't my cuppa.