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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, Alan Bradley
number of voters: 8
percentage of voters who finished the book: 100
highest rating: 9
lowest rating: 6.5
average rating: 7.875
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She could have gagged and bound us as we walked through the
door. She might have offered us parting gifts of poisoned lipstick. Thankfully
Rachelia de Livre chose a chemistry display.
We met at Thurston-on-McKenzie on what could have been a
dark and stormy night but was instead a balmy spring evening. Rachelia had
prepared for us a reader’s delight of book-inspired décor and hors d’oeuvres.
And on the discussion table sat a plate of The
Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie.
We ate it up. Nearly every last bit of it. We relished the
quirky heroine. We delighted in the descriptions and word choices. We savored
the twists of plot and turns of character.
If anything left a bitter taste in our mouths, it may have been
the heroine’s young age, the too-frightening conclusion, or the unbelievability
of it all. But another bite of the sweetness was enough to balance the sour.
Yes, this was a dish best served in the summer, and we were
glad to have partaken. Will we have another helping of The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie? Sometimes the flavor in
your mouth is just enough, and a second helping might only serve to ruin both
your enjoyment and appetite. But we might just take that chance.
Just for funsies, here are some other covers for this title (international and other editions):
1 comment:
Loved this one!
& rachel's decorating was awesome!
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