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  • The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

  • A Flavia de Luce Mystery
  • Auteur(s): Alan Bradley
  • Narrateur(s): Jayne Entwistle
  • Durée: 9 h et 53 min
  • 4,3 out of 5 stars (111 évaluations)

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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

Auteur(s): Alan Bradley
Narrateur(s): Jayne Entwistle
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Description

In his wickedly brilliant first novel, Debut Dagger Award winner Alan Bradley introduces one of the most singular and engaging heroines in recent fiction: Eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison.

It is the summer of 1950 - and a series of inexplicable events has struck Buckshaw, the decaying English mansion that Flavia’s family calls home. A dead bird is found on the doorstep, a postage stamp bizarrely pinned to its beak. Hours later, Flavia finds a man lying in the cucumber patch and watches him as he takes his dying breath. For Flavia, who is both appalled and delighted, life begins in earnest when murder comes to Buckshaw. “I wish I could say I was afraid, but I wasn’t. Quite the contrary. This was by far the most interesting thing that had ever happened to me in my entire life".

To Flavia the investigation is the stuff of science: Full of possibilities, contradictions, and connections. Soon her father, a man raising his three daughters alone, is seized, accused of murder. And in a police cell, during a violent thunderstorm, Colonel de Luce tells his daughter an astounding story - of a schoolboy friendship turned ugly, of a priceless object that vanished in a bizarre and brazen act of thievery, of a Latin teacher who flung himself to his death from the school’s tower 30 years before. Now Flavia is armed with more than enough knowledge to tie two distant deaths together, to examine new suspects, and begin a search that will lead her all the way to the King of England himself. Of this much the girl is sure: Her father is innocent of murder - but protecting her and her sisters from something even worse...

An enthralling mystery, a piercing depiction of class and society, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie is a masterfully told tale of deceptions - and a rich literary delight.

©2009 Alan Bradley (P)2009 Random House Audio

Ce que les critiques en disent

"Brilliant, irresistible and incorrigible, Flavia has a long future ahead of her...Bradley's mystery debut is a standout." (Kirkus Reviews)

"Fun for the reader.... Fans of Louise Fitzhugh's iconic Harriet the Spy will welcome 11-year-old sleuth Flavia de Luce, the heroine of...Bradley's rollicking debut." (Publishers Weekly

"While Flavia De Luce is winning your heart, she may also be poisoning your tea. She's the most wickedly funny sleuth in years, brilliant, unpredictable, unflappable - and only eleven. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie offers the freshest new voice in mystery yet." (Charles Todd, author of The Ian Rutledge series)

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Boo. 5 thumbs down

This book was painfully researched to the point it becomes very obnoxious. The main character is an 11 year old who apparently knows and goes on and on about every poisonous chemical in existence and doesn't stop monologuing about pointless details. It consistently reads like this (not a true example from the book but just nonsense written in the same style):

'ohhh instantly I knew it was hydroxy-tetrachloride which is unique in the fact that it has a 5-carbon polymer attached to its ethyl end causing extreme reactions when it comes in contact with water. I remember because my mother once told me it was named after a French chemist in the early 1800s who discovered it after he was trying to find out how to make a new spice.'

Its so painfully researched and contrived. Maybeee if you're a chemist with a phenomenal imagination who can suspend the disbelief that this is all from an 11 year old you might enjoy it. Due to the fact the main character (Flavia) is such an obnoxious, know it all brat, the reading is equally as obnoxious with the reader constantly using a very shrill voice. She does a good job capturing how annoying the main character is so I'm not sure if I should give the performance 5 stars for accuracy or 1 star for the fact it's still very unenjoyable to listen to.

Having read some other reviews, I suppose if you were reading this with children perhaps it would be better because at least it's family friendly but if you're an adult, find a better book.

I can't return it because I bought it last year, so I'd rather just call it lost money than continuing to listen to it after I've already suffered through 3 hours of this nonsense. I'd prefer 9 hours of silence over this book.

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Unbelievable child genius or author’s self-aggrandizing portrayal

It took me a while to decide to read the audio, given the previous reviews, but I enjoyed the book version I began reading (but couldn’t fully engage) and was facing a long journey requiring audio to complete.

The characters have enough richness to have a flavour of their personalities. Flavia is endearing, perhaps it is the audio narrator’s etch in her voice, but she rendered the character a bit coy in her cunning mind.

Flavia’s quick wittedness and above average mind throughout the ‘case’ are problematic enough I would choose not to read another case that she would mastermind. Some rich language…just needs a wee bit more plausibility. Perhaps a savant scientist and child duo in the English countryside would have been more feasible)? The savant scientist would have been a child at some point, but wouldn’t have the dynamic energy of this particular character. The ending also dragged a bit to tie up all the loose ends. A bit too complicated (rather than complex) to be intriguing for my liking.

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I was quite disappointed with this novel but I find it hard to give up on a book once started. Even brilliant 11 year olds are just not going to be well studied chemists. was she 11, was she 21, was she 31? Regardless, the storyline was just too far fetched.

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loved it.

My kids and I loved this book. We listened to it while we did puzzles. My teenagers loved the chemistry references and got excited hearing school subjects told in a fun and engaging way.
The story is fresh and engaging and comes together in a way that makes you root for Flavia.

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Enjoyed immensely!

Wonderful English cosy. Narrated beautifully. Will definitely read book 2 in series. Can’t wait to read what Flavia gets up to.

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Quit listening it was so terrible.

The young protagonist wasn’t even close to believable in intelligence, maturity, or language. Clearly this was written by a man, as no 11 year old child is actually remarking on the size of another’s breasts at first glance. It gave an ick factor that I couldn’t recover from. The reader was also a woman with a grating and high pitched voice. Her terrible accents to the point of being challenging to understand, but also whiny and high pitched does not equal a child-like voice. The book drug on and by chapter 17 I actually stopped reading this. I really wouldn’t pay for this and definitely wouldn’t recommend it for kids.

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awful child story

if i knew this was about a child solving a mystery, I wouldn't have bought it... even $7.34 isn't worth it...
quite a terrible story, child solving murders !!!!!
cannot get a refund either...not Audibles finest moment

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Very enjoyable

I found it very enjoyable both the story and performance. I liked the way the story unraveled. And loved that it was told with British flair.

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A fun listen, but the yellow face is cringe

As a fun, British style border mystery, this is a great story! the protagonist is cute and the whole thing is very enjoyable. That said, there is an extended reenactment of a magic trick with "The Mandarin" which is really hard to listen to. 1920s casual racism me damned, it's awkward to hear.

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one of my favorites

Love this book and this series. Addictive! love th reading too, she does such a good job with the voices and accents.

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