Reviews

A Bone to Pick by Charlaine Harris

kwillen's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

rjdenney's review against another edition

4.0

a 3.5 for me. I like the Aurora Teagarden series and I will likely read the rest of the series. It's not the best cozy series but it's fun and suspenseful. This series is more for starter cozy mystery readers because of how easy and breezy it is. I don't mean that in a bad way at all. I really like Charlaine Harris's writing and I especially love her Harper Connelly series. Before you even think of reading this one go read book 1 "Real Murders". :)

rmhs14's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

Quick, light read. Good series!! Love the characters and how they are evolving. Especially love how strong the main character is.

cyrenasea's review against another edition

2.0

Stuff happens to main character, who doesn't do much of anything, but is kinda plucky and we like her. Toss in the casual racism and what serves as "morality"and it's lucky Roe is endearing. Still, for all her chart as a protagonist, she sat around as the mystery unfolded and was solved around her. Meh.

jnjackson's review against another edition

3.0

much better than the first in this series. it was a simpler mystery with less action at the end, but the characters were more developed and it was a fast, fun read.

holdenkillfield's review against another edition

1.0

Sheesh, this was boring and uneventful. As predicted, the actual mystery and reveal of the murder with resolution were presented at 90% and wrapped up by 95% of the end of the story.

Nothing happened! This was like reading a laundry list of to-do’s for Aurora because all she ever did was moan and complain about being alone, shopped, moved around items in Jane’s house. Shopped. Ate. Went on her latest escapade of a few dates and then it just kept repeating. 75% in nothing ever happens.

There is no actual INVESTIGATION.

On top of that, this Aurora is completely different than the one that was presented in Book 1. This Aurora is unlikeable, whiny, self-centered and boring. So disappointing because the first book feels like it was apart of a different series.

Book 2 really nose-dives.

I will give Book 3 a go, but if it too is like this book, I will not be completing the series.

I am very surprised by the 3 stars, 4 stars and 5 stars that have been given by others. What edition did y’all read cause it wasn’t the same book.

romanici's review against another edition

3.0

The ending felt very rushed, but I enjoyed the story.

kleonard's review against another edition

2.0

I want to like this series, but the characters and plots are lukewarm. The characters don't have a lot of personality, the mysteries are solved by others around the principals, and events plod from one to another.

magenmosley's review against another edition

5.0

I love this series so much! I had no clue who the murderer was until the very end!!! AND there are movies to go along with them too so that’s a plus!

mcgibbons93's review against another edition

2.0

Man. This book is honestly pretty boring. I liked the first in the series because the mystery kept me going. There’s not really a mystery here. A whole bunch of nothing happens for most of the book. The characters are so very bland. If I hadn’t been listening on audiobook I wouldn’t have finished.