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Peony

Loves murder mysteries and has a passion for translated fiction. Pro Tomato 🍅 🇦🇺 Will read other genres through. Loves cats. 🐈‍⬛

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Death on Gokumon Island (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #4)
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Lessons in Crime: Academic Mysteries
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Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh, #1)
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  • Thoughts about describing books by using others?

    I was recently reading The Priory of the Orange Tree and i was talking to one of my friends about. I was saying i thought it was really interesting and I thought that by all the elements included, he would enjoy it. He then said he might check it out since i said that, but when he was looking for the book he first saw it described as 'feminist Lord of the Rings'. We then got sidetracked and had a whole discussion about Tolkien and the society he lived in at the time of writing the books, but that is beside the point.

    I got stuck in mind the idea or trend that is in describing some books by using others. I think it might have been a BookTok amplified phenomenon, which I did find interesting and fun at first, but also started to feel a bit irritated by it as time went on, because i found most, if not all, popular books being described as 'the cross between this book and this book with the emotional impact of this third book'.

    I felt that having an actual description of the plot or characters might convince me more. Also, sometimes, when i see the books described through some titles, I am actually less likely to pick that book up, because I did not enjoy the one they are referencing, even if perhaps this book has a different writing style or story progression or characters I would enjoy much more.

    So i was wondering what others think. Do you enjoy having that, so you can discover books more like your favourites, or do you also find that you are not the biggest fans of it?

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  • Memoir of a Joseon Bride: Stories
    Peony
    Aug 26, 2026
    Memoir of a Joseon Bride: Stories
    3.5
    Enjoyment: 3.5Quality: 4.0Characters: 3.5Plot: 3.5
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    thankyou to the publisher and netgalley for the Earc of this book in exchange for an honest review. This book was a very interesting collection of sciencefiction and horror short stories. i loved the confuscious vampires and the linker virus world in two of the short stories was very interesting and i would love to learn more. Some of the stories were just a little gross in their horror elements which i am not a massive fan of but overall this was a great collection of short stories in which all were enjoyable. Would definietly read more by this author.

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    Lessons in Crime: Academic Mysteries

    Lessons in Crime: Academic Mysteries

    Martin Edwards

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  • Lessons in Crime: Academic Mysteries
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    the first story is interesting but Mr Fortune is a stupid name for a character

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  • The Old Man in the Corner (Teahouse Detective, #1)
    Peony
    Aug 25, 2026
    The Old Man in the Corner (Teahouse Detective, #1)
    3.0
    Enjoyment: 3.5Quality: 3.0Characters: 2.5Plot: 3.0
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    this collection of literally arm chair detective story might have taken a while for me to warm up too but eventually i had a really fun time with the. As i got used to the style i got better and better at picking up the clues to the solutions. The ending though also made it all worth it a great twist!

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    Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh, #1)

    Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh, #1)

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  • Memoir of a Joseon Bride: Stories
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    loved the titular story. the blending of confusious ideas and vampires was so good.

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  • The Cornish Coast Murder
    Peony
    Aug 24, 2026
    The Cornish Coast Murder
    3.0
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 3.5Characters: 3.5Plot: 3.0
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    this was an interesting read, overall well thought out with likable characters. i especially appreciated the use of setting. unfortunately the end was stupid with not enough clues at all to point to the solution for the reader. will definitely though give this author another go.

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    Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh, #1)

    Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh, #1)

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