Clearly I'm getting something out of these books because I keep reading them, and yet to tell the truth I am a bit sick of Flavia. (And after 9 years of books she has moved from being 11 to being 12. *eyeroll*) I had to bail on the audio because the narrator did such a good job of being smug and self-satisfied I couldn't take it any more. I can't say Flavia is too stupid to live sometimes, more the reverse - she is so sure she is smarter than everyone else that she allows herself to be put into life-threatening situations someone else has to save her from.

I do enjoy the 1950s English setting.

I'm sure I will read the next book but I'd like to see Flavia - I don't know, mature? Become less of a superior brat?