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3.47 AVERAGE
3.47 AVERAGE
It has to be remembered that this was written and published in 1990, which some reviewers fail to acknowledge, so styles of writing and fashions have changed. That being said, some of the writing style was difficult for me to connect with. I didn't love Aurora as a heroine. But I did love the murders and mystery. However, the audiobook is atrocious. The woman's narrative voice is frustrating enough but he voices, especially the awful older voices, were flat out laughable. I suggest you read it instead. If i had to listen to the entire series with that narrator, I'd never make it, but I would like to read them.
Took a while to get into, other wise really good. Love Harris' work and this was no exception. A nice, quick, easy read.
will give second in series a chance to see if it gets any better...
This book is the first in the Aurora Teagarden mysteries, a series about a small-town Southern librarian who is a member of a group that discusses true crimes: Real Murders. But what happens to the group when members start to be killed off, in the same manner as famous murders that they discuss in their meetings? I appreciate that the killer was not the obvious red herring. Though, I still had my money on someone else. Oh, well. That's why I'm not a detective. Or a writer. On the whole, it was an entertaining book and a quick read, but I wasn't swept away. Charlaine Harris' approach to race was a bit problematic, and I'd be remiss in not mentioning it, mostly because she tended to sweep it under the rug herself. There was only one person of color in the story and most, if not all, of his dialog occurred "off-camera," as though the author found writing a black man a little too complicated and decided to skip that bit. I come to this conclusion because there is a bit where Aurora talks about a local mayoral race and says that it's a good thing that none of the candidates are black this year, since that always complicates matters. Yeahhhh. To give the author the benefit of the doubt, the book was written 26 years ago, and her more recent books, like the Southern Vampire series (TV's True Blood), are far less problematic. She's grown as a writer since Real Murders. While I probably won't read another of Aurora's adventures, I am reminded that I'm far behind in Harris' vampire series, so I'll be looking into that again soon.
P.S. There's apparently a Hallmark movie adaptation of this book, so maybe have a look at that too.
P.S. There's apparently a Hallmark movie adaptation of this book, so maybe have a look at that too.
Aurora "Roe" Teagarden er bibliotekar, har et ganske kjedelig liv (som tar seg opp etter hvert), og medlem av en klubb som diskuterer virkelige krimhendelser en gang i måneden. Settingen er en liten by i Georgia, USA, hvor alle kjenner alle. Harris skriver også Sookie Stackhouse-bøkene, og selv om jeg liker Sookie, må jeg si jeg nok har mer tilfelles med Roe, og liker henne bedre.
Det skjer et mord på et at krimklubbens møter, og så ett til... Roe forstår at det må være en av medlemmene, men jeg vil ikke si hun er detektiv, det er mer at hun snubler over alle mordofferene etter tur... God beskrivelse av sjokk, forøvrig. Mordene viser seg å være inspirert av virkelige mord, så de forstår raskt at en sadistisk copycat er på fære. Men alle i klubben vet om de gamle mordene. Det mangler dermed ikke på mistenkte. Jeg vil kritisere slutten får å komme litt brått på, men det er ikke nok til å ødelegge boken for meg.
Du blir mest kjent med Roe, hennes to dates - krimforfatteren Robin Crusoe, og politidetektiv Arthur Smith, og Roes familie. Som jeg vil anta vil være med i resten av serien.
Boka er kort, bare 200 sider, lettlest, og akkurat passe spennende.
Det skjer et mord på et at krimklubbens møter, og så ett til... Roe forstår at det må være en av medlemmene, men jeg vil ikke si hun er detektiv, det er mer at hun snubler over alle mordofferene etter tur... God beskrivelse av sjokk, forøvrig. Mordene viser seg å være inspirert av virkelige mord, så de forstår raskt at en sadistisk copycat er på fære. Men alle i klubben vet om de gamle mordene. Det mangler dermed ikke på mistenkte. Jeg vil kritisere slutten får å komme litt brått på, men det er ikke nok til å ødelegge boken for meg.
Du blir mest kjent med Roe, hennes to dates - krimforfatteren Robin Crusoe, og politidetektiv Arthur Smith, og Roes familie. Som jeg vil anta vil være med i resten av serien.
Boka er kort, bare 200 sider, lettlest, og akkurat passe spennende.