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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
fast-paced
I liked all the surprises, although I did kind of suspect some things. I wonder what will happen next?
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
fast-paced
This cozy mystery series is not cozy anymore in a good way.
Aurora Teagarden es una joven bibliotecaria que vive en Lawrencetown, Georgia.
Tiene una curiosa afición, le encanta leer y debatir sobre asesinatos reales y forma parte de un club llamado precisamente así, Real Murders.
Y es en una reunión de ese club donde empiezan a complicarse las cosas: alguien está replicando crímenes famosos asesinando a miembros del club.
Este es el punto de partida de las aventuras de Roe Teagarden, en una exitosa serie de diez novelas escritas por la autora estadounidense Charlaine Harris.
A lo largo de las seis primeras vemos a Roe, enamorarse de un policía, salvar su vida y la de su pequeño hermanastro de milagro gracias a su vecino escritor, heredar una casa con cadáver incluido de una compañera bibliotecaria de Club Real Murders, asistir a la boda de su madre Aida con un viudo, salir con el nuevo pastor de su parroquia y caer rendidamente enamorada de un atractivo ejecutivo con oscuro pasado y casarse a la vez que encuentra la casa con la que siempre soñó.
Y todo esto, desentrañando todos los misterios y muertes que no paran de suceder a su alrededor en la pequeña población donde siempre ha vivido.
Me he leído del tirón los seis primeros libros de la serie y no veo el momento de ponerme con los cuatro restantes.
Una lectura sin pretensiones, entretenida y muy adictiva.
Existe una versión televisiva, más políticamente correcta que las novelas y con diversos cambios en personajes y sucesos que tampoco está mal
#realmurders #aurorateagarden #charlaineharris #leoautoras #womenwriters #leeresvivir #leermola #libros #abonetopick #threebedroomsandacorpse #thejuliushouse #deadoverheels #afoolandhishoney
Tiene una curiosa afición, le encanta leer y debatir sobre asesinatos reales y forma parte de un club llamado precisamente así, Real Murders.
Y es en una reunión de ese club donde empiezan a complicarse las cosas: alguien está replicando crímenes famosos asesinando a miembros del club.
Este es el punto de partida de las aventuras de Roe Teagarden, en una exitosa serie de diez novelas escritas por la autora estadounidense Charlaine Harris.
A lo largo de las seis primeras vemos a Roe, enamorarse de un policía, salvar su vida y la de su pequeño hermanastro de milagro gracias a su vecino escritor, heredar una casa con cadáver incluido de una compañera bibliotecaria de Club Real Murders, asistir a la boda de su madre Aida con un viudo, salir con el nuevo pastor de su parroquia y caer rendidamente enamorada de un atractivo ejecutivo con oscuro pasado y casarse a la vez que encuentra la casa con la que siempre soñó.
Y todo esto, desentrañando todos los misterios y muertes que no paran de suceder a su alrededor en la pequeña población donde siempre ha vivido.
Me he leído del tirón los seis primeros libros de la serie y no veo el momento de ponerme con los cuatro restantes.
Una lectura sin pretensiones, entretenida y muy adictiva.
Existe una versión televisiva, más políticamente correcta que las novelas y con diversos cambios en personajes y sucesos que tampoco está mal
#realmurders #aurorateagarden #charlaineharris #leoautoras #womenwriters #leeresvivir #leermola #libros #abonetopick #threebedroomsandacorpse #thejuliushouse #deadoverheels #afoolandhishoney
Reading the Aurora Teagarden books, you can see the seed of the writer Charlaine Harris later becomes. But, ultimately, I find them disappointing, and wish there were more elements about what I like in Harris's later mysteries.
About 75% of this book consists of puttering and the passage of time, before the plot actually picks up. The biggest mystery of the book is stumbled across by accident, and the ending is telegraphed a little too strongly. Chances are good that, in a mystery novel, if I know the ending before the protagonist, it's a little too heavy-handed.
There's very little emotional weight in this book. Aurora reacts to things in a way that, rather than evoking sympathy, made me annoyed with her. She reacts too late to some aspects, while in others, her response seems exaggerated and over the top.
I didn't buy Martin as the love of her life in the first place, so I wasn't invested in Aurora's sticking things out when she found out his deep, dark secrets. For a guy whose last wife warns Roe that he'll never tell her anything about himself, he opens up awfully quick, and with very little prompting. Considering the bulk of the above puttering takes place while Roe wrings her hands over being married to a bad man, but she still loves him, I got impatient for a plot to appear pretty quickly.
At this point, I'm reading these books to see the turning point, when Harris stops messing around and shows those writing chops I know she has. This is not the best she can do, but I want to see when she comes to that realization.
About 75% of this book consists of puttering and the passage of time, before the plot actually picks up. The biggest mystery of the book is stumbled across by accident, and the ending is telegraphed a little too strongly. Chances are good that, in a mystery novel, if I know the ending before the protagonist, it's a little too heavy-handed.
There's very little emotional weight in this book. Aurora reacts to things in a way that, rather than evoking sympathy, made me annoyed with her. She reacts too late to some aspects, while in others, her response seems exaggerated and over the top.
I didn't buy Martin as the love of her life in the first place, so I wasn't invested in Aurora's sticking things out when she found out his deep, dark secrets. For a guy whose last wife warns Roe that he'll never tell her anything about himself, he opens up awfully quick, and with very little prompting. Considering the bulk of the above puttering takes place while Roe wrings her hands over being married to a bad man, but she still loves him, I got impatient for a plot to appear pretty quickly.
At this point, I'm reading these books to see the turning point, when Harris stops messing around and shows those writing chops I know she has. This is not the best she can do, but I want to see when she comes to that realization.
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I thought this was a really good addition to the series. It was nice to see Aurora acting upset, or angry, or having some kind of emotion other than passive disinterest to the horrible things happening around her. I find Martin's character to be a little unreasonable in terms of how quickly Aurora married him without getting to know anything about him, but I kind of like how enigmatic he is as compared to the other predictable characters in the town. I also liked the two new characters that are renting from Aurora, and am hopeful that they stay on through the next book.