A review by tal38
Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers

adventurous mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Classic Wimsey story, quite good in terms of the mystery. A fair amount of weirdness from 1920s British racism. It’s clearly trying to be progressive for the time and is certainly better than some, but ends up being very patronizing, thoughtless and a bit yucky about the one Black character. Also interesting with sexuality. Several of the female characters are/were in female life partnerships. One of them is described wholly positively and another portrayed as a sign of sickness

in the eventual murderer

. One character specifically says girls having crushes on girls is alright in adolescents but not in adults. Very interesting view into the time overall, but def modifies my feelings about the book.