So, it’s taking me a lot longer than expected to finish up Cutting for Stone, as it’s longer than it looks (around 650 pages), so I’m back tracking a little bit to include some books that I’ve previously read.
First of all, I love the name of the book. So cute, and also makes complete sense when you get to the end of the book. Second of all, can I just say that I absolutely love the fact that this novel is from a first time author who is in his SEVENTIES! And I can’t believe he didn’t start writing before now. I’m terrified he’s going to die before he finishes up these books. Which, I have to say are amazing.
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie is the first novel in an ongoing series about Flavia de Luce, an eleven year old girl who is intrigued by chemistry, poisons, and mystery. Flavia finds a dead bird on the porch and then a day later, a dead man. She then goes on the quest to discover who murdered this man. She wants to be in on the investigation with the police, but they will not let her. Instead, she discovers who the murderer is on her own.
I never thought that I would sincerely enjoy a novel about an 11 year old girl who loves chemistry and solving murders, but I have to say that I do. I absolutely love it. And you ask, how does a man in his 70’s accurately portray an 11 year old girl? Well, I have absolutely no idea. But he definitely pulled it off. Even down to Flavia’s squabbles with her two older sisters constantly telling her she was adopted naming her bicycle Gladys.
This book reads like you’re watching a movie. And the type of music that I was hearing in my head throughout was quite honestly a combination of:
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In all, this book has a huge heart. And I definitely recommend you read this book.
PS. The REALLY crazy thing is that if you listen carefully to the music in the first video, you can hear remnants of the music in the second. But if I'm completely honest, I heard more of the second (a lot slower and creepier than in the video) than the first.
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