Lady Helena Investigates

Lady Helena Investigates

2018 • 391 pages

Ratings5

Average rating3

15

Contains spoilers

This… was honestly just bad all around. It is absolutely not a lighthearted murder mystery and there is barely a mystery buried in all the other infuriating content. Please make note of the content warnings before reading this.

the main character is so goddamn infuriating the whole time. She bumbles around consistently being useless and then gets upset when people tell her. The fact that she demands to be taught what is happening when the doctor is actively trying to conduct surgery is astounding. The whole mystery is honestly upsetting and disturbing. If I had gone in expecting a dark thriller maybe I’d be less upset about the suicide, forced incest, and just downright evilness of Susan which is treated with far less gravity than I felt it merited.

March 9, 2023