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Bone Appetit by Carolyn Haines

gmartens's review against another edition

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2.0

I think this book gets a 4 for the mystery portion but a 1 for certain plot points that really rubbed me the wrong way.

First of all, I feel like the author is one of those people that has romanticized the Civil War. She constantly refers to it as the "war between the states," a description that is not technically wrong but downplays it in a way that makes it sound like a little skirmish. Second, the character of Jitty is somewhat offensive. She is a caricature of a Civil War era black woman. Her and her husband were both slaves to the main character's great great grandparents, yet she is described as loving her slave masters while her husband went to fight with the man of the house for their state. All in all, I think this book's approach to the Civil War is reprehensible and makes light of a terrible time in history.

As for the main plot of the book, I think it was decent but buying terribly special. It was difficult to solve and the ending was interesting. It felt somewhat rushed though and I would have like it if Hedy's relationship with Anna had more resolution. And the very end with Tinkie coming back to life was a bit too cheesy for me.

Ultimately, I would not read any other books from this series because of the reasons described in the first paragraph. It's not that this was a bad book but I know I can find murder mystery books I like better.

aknas22's review

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4.0

Another entry in the Sarah Booth Delaney mystery series, and perhaps one of the best. It had me a little teary eyed with the insights into Sarah Booth's depression after she was hurt so bad in the previous book. We got to see just how strong Sarah Booth is, and Tinkie too.

mdlaclair's review

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2.0

This book for me seemed odd. For example it started off with Graf being in Hollywood while Sarah is in Mississippi. What? Sarah just had a traumatic event happen to her that effect both of them but Graf is in LA. I thought that was odd and as the book went on it became more of a problem between them. it sorta got resolved. I have to say there was some details in this book that i thought could have used more explanation but seem to be glossed over in the book the mystery i didn't like at all in this book pageants are just not my thing. Just will have to see what happens in book 11.

rlbasley's review

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5.0

Bone Appetit by Carolyn Haines (Rb Digital audiobook) (Sara Booth Delaney series) poor Sara and Tinkie they can’t even go to a spa and cooking school without being mixed up in a murder case. This time someone is killing and seriously hurting the finalists in a beauty/cooking competition. It’s up to Tinkie and Sara to find out the person behind these incidents and stop them from harming anyone esle.
This book is filled with the same depth and well written storyline as I am used to finding in Carolyn Haines books.

***SPOILER ALERT****
Personally, I am grateful for Carolyn for acknowledging the pain and sorrow that goes along with a miscarriage. So often in books, a character will have a miscarriage in one chapter and two chapters over be completely over it .. that is not my personal experience. I lost my 2nd child 16 years ago and there isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think of her. I also appreciated her making the villain a “crazy voodoo priest” but made the villain a horrid woman with a better than average knowledge of botany. I appreciate this because when I was in college (in Louisiana), my beliefs systems professor went over different pagan religions and she spent a fair amount of time dispelling the notion that any one who practices voodoo or hoodoo is evil.

aunt_t's review

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This one is better than the last couple of books in the series because there was less about Sarah Booth's love life.

murderbydeath's review

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3.0

I think I liked this one the least of all the books in the series. The plot was good, but I missed Zinnia and the ending was a bit of a stretch - even for a series with a ghost in it. Still, this series is a favorite and I'm looking forward to future books.

laurafalls's review

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4.0

One of my favorite things about this series is the fact that they revolve around places that I know and love. From the Alluvian Hotel and the Viking Cooking School to New Orleans and Memphis and everywhere in between, Carolyn Haines brings the charm of the Mississippi Delta and the surrounding areas to life. It reminds me a lot of [a:Anne George|37123|Anne George|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1231799824p2/37123.jpg]'s "Murder" series set in Birmingham. George even did one set in Destin, which was so much fun.

This book was great because, as I mentioned, I knew all of the places mentioned. I will say, it's making me a little nervous that people are getting seriously, seriously hurt in the last few books. First the terrible mishaps in Costa Rica in [b:Wishbones|2404881|Wishbones (Sarah Booth Delaney, #8)|Carolyn Haines|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1214868065s/2404881.jpg|2412039], then the cotton field incident in [b:Greedy Bones|6090408|Greedy Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney, #9)|Carolyn Haines|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255637285s/6090408.jpg|6267356] and now this incident.

Can't wait for [b:Bones of a Feather|9975782|Bones of a Feather (Sarah Booth Delaney, #11)|Carolyn Haines|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2B16Hzbb3L._SL75_.jpg|14870172] to come out shortly.
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