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The Trouble with Goats and Sheep - Joanna Cannon 3/5
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Pub date: July 12, 2016
3/5
I almost didn't finish this book. In the early part it reminded me of a Flavia de Luce novel and I am not a Flavia de Luce fan. I kept going because I was somewhat interested what the mystery was all about.
Gist of the story was there was a neighborhood of narrow-minded individuals in East Midlands England, and one of them goes missing and it turns out that there were some secrets. Grace, the 10-year-old protagonist and her friend Tilly want to find the missing woman, and also they decide they are looking for God. They visit the neighbors and try to answer their queries.
There were ultimately too many ideas in this book, which is part of what made the first part so boring, and also made the end unsatisfying. There was no resolution, and no redemption. I liked Grace and Tilly, but everybody else was a stereotype.
It had some potential, but it needed less in the beginning and more at the end to be satisfying.