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3.47 AVERAGE
3.47 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
medium-paced
It was mysterious. I liked the characters enough to keep me interested. I would call it interesting but not suspenseful, necessarily. It was a good easy listen.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
mysterious
medium-paced
But she didn't end up with either of the love interests....now I might have to read more.
I listened to this one, with a big gap over the summer when I wasn't commuting to school, which is why I felt like it was a drawn out experience. In reality, this was a quick and easy listen. Not particularly gripping, but not awful, either.
I really wish there was an option to deliberately say, zero stars. I love Ms. Harris' Sookie books so very much, that I thought I would love all her books. Well, that theory is now dead in the water.
While this book isn't her first book, it is her first series, and its horrible for lack of a better word. I'm not sure I can adequately relate my disappointment. The characters are flat. They're boring, you never really get a sense that its a person relating events to you. It's like you're reading the diary of a very scatter-brained and ill-educated person, who really never should have kept a diary to start with.
The crimes discussed in the book, besides obviously the one Aurora discovered, all seem to be from England. They're in Georgia for cripes sake, why are they referencing all these crimes from England? Is there a reason our long list of crimes in America wasn't good enough? Georgia started out as a prison colony, I'm sure they could have dug up something that happened in this country that could have suited it. This is just a pet-peeve of mine, when it comes to these stories. It made absolutely no sense to me what-so-ever.
The book is short, thankfully. The characters and plot aren't particularly imaginative, well-written or even interesting. It was basically one disappointment after another and I can't bear the thought of trying to read anymore of this series. Please excuse me while I go remove the remainder from my to-read list. Moving on to the Harper Connolly series now, which I hear may become a tv show. Let's hope the later works are better, and these Teagarden books were just like training wheels for the great books that came later.
While this book isn't her first book, it is her first series, and its horrible for lack of a better word. I'm not sure I can adequately relate my disappointment. The characters are flat. They're boring, you never really get a sense that its a person relating events to you. It's like you're reading the diary of a very scatter-brained and ill-educated person, who really never should have kept a diary to start with.
The crimes discussed in the book, besides obviously the one Aurora discovered, all seem to be from England. They're in Georgia for cripes sake, why are they referencing all these crimes from England? Is there a reason our long list of crimes in America wasn't good enough? Georgia started out as a prison colony, I'm sure they could have dug up something that happened in this country that could have suited it. This is just a pet-peeve of mine, when it comes to these stories. It made absolutely no sense to me what-so-ever.
The book is short, thankfully. The characters and plot aren't particularly imaginative, well-written or even interesting. It was basically one disappointment after another and I can't bear the thought of trying to read anymore of this series. Please excuse me while I go remove the remainder from my to-read list. Moving on to the Harper Connolly series now, which I hear may become a tv show. Let's hope the later works are better, and these Teagarden books were just like training wheels for the great books that came later.
I needed a book with a love triangle to fit the 2015 Reading Challenge I'm doing, and I prefer mysteries, so this fit the bill. I wish I could do half stars (and after originally rounding down I've now rounded up) as I didn't really like it, but I did do more than just like it--and I will read the next in the series if I can find it.
The mystery itself is interesting and compelling. I felt like the resolution was lacking (and disturbing, but that's likely just me). The love triangle was also fun--how often does a girl have two opposite suitors vying for her attention and neither one turns out to be a horrible guy? That's a fun thing. There was no resolution on that triangle, either, so now I sort of have to read on.
The mystery itself is interesting and compelling. I felt like the resolution was lacking (and disturbing, but that's likely just me). The love triangle was also fun--how often does a girl have two opposite suitors vying for her attention and neither one turns out to be a horrible guy? That's a fun thing. There was no resolution on that triangle, either, so now I sort of have to read on.
I really enjoyed her two early stand alone novels but found sookie sackhouse hard to understand the hype. I was pleasently suprised I enjoyed this story since cozy amateur mysteries are no longer my favorite read. Aurora is a librarian in small town Georgia who belongs not to a book club but a murder club. The members meet and discuss famous murders, reexamine the evidence, argue the case and more. So when a member is found murdered similar to the last case they discussed, it hits home. As more crimes happen, the evidence keeps coming back to the club. Is someone copycating these crimes and placing blame on the club or is the club commiting the murders.
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I picked this up as a good cozy mystery to listen to in the car. I had seen and enjoyed the Hallmark movies based on this series. I almost quit midway through over some awkward comment about the “at least no black candidates were running for mayor” (??!?). I am not sure what the point of that was. Anyway, not the worst way to make the commute go faster, but I won’t buy and listen to any more. I’ll just stick to the movies. They are light and fluffy-a perfect way to spend a quiet Sunday afternoon. This book, not quite so much.