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karen_unabridged's review against another edition
3.0
A collection of short stories (which I somehow did not realize when I started reading) starring our beloved Pimpernel and his band of merry men. Made for pleasant bedtime reading but there's nothing amazing or surprising here.
attoliairene's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
We seek him here, we seek him there!
Chauvelin seeks him everywhere!
AHAHAHAHHAHAHAH NOOOOOOOO π€£π€£π€£π€£ππππ
This book contained 11 short stories featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel π€ I liked how some of the stories had common elements such as Rateau π«Άπ«Ά The plot structure may have been repetitive but I enjoy reading about these characters too much π©
whippycleric's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
I picked this up to read because I love what I've read of the series so far, this being the fourth I've read since I'm not reading them in order. As such I knew going in this would be a light and easy read. I've read this one the first week after my sons birth, when I needed something not too hard to follow, so the fact it's a collection of short stories was a bit of a blessing in disguise. However as a collection of short stories it's not the most amazing. They're all quite fun but quite similar. The different twists are entertaining but I'm confident in saying the Scarlet Pimpernel stories work best as full novels. So this was the weakest of the series I've read so far but still fun and I imagine will help make the recurring characters more rounded in the future books
monisha19's review against another edition
5.0
Love Sir Percy... This is the favourite book of the series ... Every time the way Sir Percy outwits Chauvelin it was brilliant
the_jesus_fandom's review against another edition
2.0
This book is made up of short stories, which is not really my thing. The reason is that these are the types of adventures I want to binge. I want to read for hours. And this works if it's one long story. But if the books is just a bunch of different adventures after each other, I forget what happens because I read too many different stories in too short a time.
It's still really fun to see all the different sides of Percy's work in France. But it did get very easy to predict which characters were Percy or league members in disguise.
It's still really fun to see all the different sides of Percy's work in France. But it did get very easy to predict which characters were Percy or league members in disguise.
smithological_stories's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
marjolaine_lafreniere's review against another edition
3.0
The inter-connected short stories is a really cute concept, and well done here. However, trying to keep up with the timeline and the jumping around time is starting to give me a headache.
kat_the_bookcat's review against another edition
3.0
Such a fun little series of shorts! I'm not usually a fan of short stories, but when I already have some knowledge of the characters and I can just enjoy them instead of struggling to keep up with the events that are always happening so quickly, I do like them. And that's what this was. It was our darling Scarlet Pimpernel getting up to mischief and Chauvelin and other French Revolutionaries trying to catch him. That's really all it was. But oh, it is so much fun to see Chauvelin get beat over and over again.
holtfan's review against another edition
4.0
A collection of short stories, the only reason this book doesn't get my usual adoring five stars is it got kind of...predictable. While the costumes are truly genius and clever, it was always Percy. Eventually I grew somewhat bored. Every now and then a story would pop that would save it from three stars, and I would certainly reccomend it to Scarlet Pimpernel fans, but I wouldn't call it the best work of Orczy.