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3.49 AVERAGE
3.49 AVERAGE
This wasn't my cup of tea but I think if you're a grandma maybe check it out
This. Author. Is. Not. Very. Good. At. Forming. Long. Sentences.
It is sooooo frustrating when even my 11yo is capable of creating complex sentence structures, with commas and such. It made the book really hard to read. Dialogue was abrupt, there was little description, and the action jumped about the place.
The plot and characterisation were not awful, but they were not well developed, although I didn't expect much from a series as massive as this one. Agatha was rather annoying - and she seemed to be written to be an 'old fogey' at a time when chain smoking and a lack of competence in technology might be amusing in a minor character, for the owner of a private detection company in modern times it was not believable for me.
And the denouement was just absurd. It almost seemed like the author was attempting to create a thirller-farce hybrid.
It is sooooo frustrating when even my 11yo is capable of creating complex sentence structures, with commas and such. It made the book really hard to read. Dialogue was abrupt, there was little description, and the action jumped about the place.
The plot and characterisation were not awful, but they were not well developed, although I didn't expect much from a series as massive as this one. Agatha was rather annoying - and she seemed to be written to be an 'old fogey' at a time when chain smoking and a lack of competence in technology might be amusing in a minor character, for the owner of a private detection company in modern times it was not believable for me.
And the denouement was just absurd. It almost seemed like the author was attempting to create a thirller-farce hybrid.
Another audiobook!
Frankly, I'm glad I haven't purchased many of these novels. I loved the first one and have the second, but this series seems to hate on poor Agatha at every turn. Every love interest needs to have a twist, she can't get a "happy ending" romance to a comical degree. I actually was asking out loud if that's what was really happening. I'm not sure why Beaton thinks this is the way to go, that a highly intelligent woman would really fall for so many people so quickly and then be burned almost every time to varying degrees. She would rinse, repeat, and go back to pitying herself. It got hard to feel sorry for her after a while, since she did this cycle so often in such a short book that I could predict it with every new person she met.
The other odd thing is that Beaton points out her own shortcomings in writing Agatha, that the supporting characters always figure everything out to make variety but Agatha never seems to do real detective work, to a flaw that she ignores blatant warnings. Again, it makes it hard for me to feel bad for her when something happens because she does this so often and she's well old enough to know better.
It was a story I didn't want to stop listening to, and I was entertained by it. I'm sure fans would still enjoy it despite the shortcomings.
Frankly, I'm glad I haven't purchased many of these novels. I loved the first one and have the second, but this series seems to hate on poor Agatha at every turn. Every love interest needs to have a twist, she can't get a "happy ending" romance to a comical degree. I actually was asking out loud if that's what was really happening. I'm not sure why Beaton thinks this is the way to go, that a highly intelligent woman would really fall for so many people so quickly and then be burned almost every time to varying degrees. She would rinse, repeat, and go back to pitying herself. It got hard to feel sorry for her after a while, since she did this cycle so often in such a short book that I could predict it with every new person she met.
The other odd thing is that Beaton points out her own shortcomings in writing Agatha, that the supporting characters always figure everything out to make variety but Agatha never seems to do real detective work, to a flaw that she ignores blatant warnings. Again, it makes it hard for me to feel bad for her when something happens because she does this so often and she's well old enough to know better.
It was a story I didn't want to stop listening to, and I was entertained by it. I'm sure fans would still enjoy it despite the shortcomings.
The latest in the series is back to form after a few lackluster entries.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
I only enjoyed this towards the end as it was quite repetitive.
Nothing super different about this one than the ones before it really.
We get Agatha mooning after another man, solving mysteries (kind of), and being a generally difficult person. Her instinct to help is her main redeeming factor, but she still hasn't learnt her weaknesses nor grown all that much.
I am wary of rating this one lower than the others, partially because I'm probably just 'burning out' on Agatha... I've read so many books with her as the main character in the past few weeks that I won't know what to do with myself when I'm out! But it likely skews my experience of them too: they probably aren't meant to be 'binge read'. I'd possibly enjoy them more if I read three or four other books in between and then jumped back into Agatha's world.
We get Agatha mooning after another man, solving mysteries (kind of), and being a generally difficult person. Her instinct to help is her main redeeming factor, but she still hasn't learnt her weaknesses nor grown all that much.
I am wary of rating this one lower than the others, partially because I'm probably just 'burning out' on Agatha... I've read so many books with her as the main character in the past few weeks that I won't know what to do with myself when I'm out! But it likely skews my experience of them too: they probably aren't meant to be 'binge read'. I'd possibly enjoy them more if I read three or four other books in between and then jumped back into Agatha's world.