I liked The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie but I feel that it was not really fit to be a book that I would read as a college student. The tale involving precocious little Flavia de Luce was interesting but the narration didn't seem to fit my style. There's nothing wrong with the book at all; in fact, it is probably the kind of story I would have enjoyed reading as a middle schooler myself. It is also well-written for a kids'-sleuthing-novel and could be a great book for young readers who want to improve their reading skills. I just feel that my interest in this book was about the same as it had been before I even read it, and it was not much interest. It certainly was entertaining, though and I really only started liking Flavia after she professed her love for Chemistry --it made her pompousness a little less baseless.