Some of the plots don't make for very good mysteries and the narrative is a bit grandiois in a Dickens sort of way. I really didn't enjoy this at all.

Chesterton is an amazing storyteller, who is able to embody both the spirit of the British aristocracy, along with a critique of that system. I listen to the audiobook, and I really didn’t like the reader, but the stories kept me hooked.

2 1/2 stars, really. Disappointingly dull stories from such a good premise...

Fascinating and enjoyable short stories

Salía de una lectura más ligera por eso me costó un poco meterme en esta. Los relatos de éste libro se conectan a través de un par de personajes, de alguna forma el título nos hace creer que es otro tipo de libro, pero leyéndolo uno termina entendiendo de qué va. Sólo si gustas de un estilo detectivesco a lo "Sherlock" te diría que le des una oportunidad. Chesterton es previo Conan Doyle, lo apropiado sería decir que Holmes deriva de el estilo de Chesterton.

G.K. Chesterton creó en ocho cuentos un personaje memorable, digno estudiante de Sherlock Holmes, sólo que el personaje, Horne Fisher, pareciera que sus deducciones las hace naturalmente, sin indagar, sólo porque lo sabe.

These weren't really mysteries: you just saw events and then had the man explain it to you. Enjoyable none the less.

The sudden anti-semitism took me by surprise.

Kinda fun, but not amazing. Decent

It is a nice book, can be confusing at times. I really like Fisher. A sad man who is aware of the many backdoors in Britain's political world but can't really do much about it.