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shooples's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
2.25
A reasonable mystery plot in the classic setting of a early 20thC grand hotel (clearly the Savoy in London from the references to the Embankment and other real roads). Characters a bit caricatured, none terribly likeable. Some casually racist words and tropes that were probably expected to its contemporary audiences but shocking to (most) present day readers.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Antisemitism
Moderate: Racial slurs
Anti-Black racism: feels weird to tag this as moderate but the N word (full word rather than collloquialism) is used a handful of times as a descriptor of a background character so not a detailed representation. Anti-semitism is throughout detailed descriptions of a minor but plot-crucial character who is a financier so you can guess how that goes, but the character himself is neutral-good so I think the writer at the time would not have considered it a cruel depiction.