The Case of the Missing Marquess

Reviewed on 13th September 2024

I picked this up because I enjoyed the films, and found that the voice of the narration very easily defaults to Millie Bobbie Brown’s in my head too.

While it opens in line with the film, the plot soon diverges into a different, perhaps less thrilling direction, and I’m learning new story rather than old in another form.

I was surprised by how I wasn’t that well engaged with the narrative. I’m not sure what about it led to this, but I suppose a sense that it was being less dramatic than it could have been, and that there’s a repeated trope of running away which felt more reactive than proactive.

I had imagined at the start that if I enjoyed it, I would pick up the rest of the series to churn through, but in fact I feel quite content now sticking to watching the films.