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Sunk cost fallacy, you get me every time.

I'm very into the concept, but this is mostly tell, very little show.

Honestly, a pretty disappointing entry in a series I like.

I worked out whodunnit way too quickly.

And it uses a horror element that I initially quite liked but I’ve seen used so often recently that I’m sick of it.

Julia. Is. Insufferable.

Also, the romance and the mystery plots are both ongoing; you don't get a resolution at the end of each book. (And there's barely any sleuthing, they just stumble into/are told the answers.)

I keep sticking with it because I want the eventual resolution, but I really should have cut my losses.

'I should never have suspected that Hawes would take such a keen interest in the details of a murder case. Perhaps it is because it happened in the Vicarage. He appeared as eager as a reporter.'

This narrator makes Hastings look like Poirot.

I think I've already read most of these short stories and they're not her best.

I wish I had skipped this and just watched the movie.

It's entirely possible that I'm just in a bad mood, but Sam is absolutely Insufferable the second time around.

I'm finding Julia very annoying, but I'm persevering.

I realise giving such a low rating to this book could be seen as literary sacrilege.

I have the highest esteem for the novel’s values and finer qualities, being a pioneer in form, style and substance, and so exceeding its contemporary rivals as to leave them largely forgotten by time.

But I use this platform as a record of how much I enjoyed the book and this was a three star reading experience (for me).

‘she looked forward with delight to the time when they should be removed from society so little pleasing to either, to all the comfort and elegance of their family party at Pemberley.’

Where they lived happily ever after, finding fault in all their acquaintances.