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vicariousbookstagram's review
5.0
cute quick read
These books are super cute and have a decent mystery. I knew who the murderer was the first time they spoke but it was still fun to see it all play out. Book 2 was as good as book 1. I will continue to read the series. Nice quick reads but decent character development and depth.
These books are super cute and have a decent mystery. I knew who the murderer was the first time they spoke but it was still fun to see it all play out. Book 2 was as good as book 1. I will continue to read the series. Nice quick reads but decent character development and depth.
nitzanschwarz's review against another edition
Wow, a third DNF review in so many weeks. I know this makes me look bad, I do, but I swear things are not as bad as they seem. I only have thirteen books marked a DNF on Goodreads. I probably have a few more I didn't mark, but no more than twenty, twenty-five - in three years of over 470 books. That's a pretty good percentile, don't you think? I don't DNF that often or that willingly. At least, I didn't use to.
But I think I've also reached the point where I treasure the enjoyment I get from every book, and if I don't really enjoy it... well, there isn't much point in reading it, is there?
Still, I don't always review DNF books... Only if I can explain exactly why I didn't finish it, and I'd like to share that.
I picked up this book because a while back (like, two years ago), I read the first book and enjoyed it. It wasn't A-mazing, but it was cute and fun, and I decided I wanted to continue with the series. But then I couldn't. At 48% of the book, I called it quits. My heart just wasn't in it. I kept looking at reading the book as a chore, which is never encouraging.
I had three big issues with Adventures of a Graveyard Girl.
1. It was way too... dare I say it?... childish to me. I don't need characters to be my age to enjoy them, but here they just read like immature 12-year-olds and not teenagers. And I've read and enjoyed books with twelve year old more than this. It was just... too exaggeratedly childish. Teenagers are allowed to have their immature moments, for sure, but not 100% of the time.
2. Then there was the poorly edited text. There were a lot of missing punctuation marks or places where I felt a dot should've been but wasn't. There were a lot of duplicated words in a way that made no sense. A lot of the describing sentences lacked finesse. It felt like... well, like an amateur job. Like no one actually read over the book and corrected all of these. It was like reading a draft and not a finished product. And I don't know about you, but that bothers me.
3. And finally, the repetition. How many times can you say the same thing on one page? apparently, a lot. Enough that I totally lost count. It was like Harris didn't trust we got the information the first time, so she mentioned it 50 times more just to be sure. In very similar wording. That's one of my major writing pet peeves.
So, in the end, despite enjoying the first book, I decided this is as far as I and this series go. It's just not for me, really.
But I think I've also reached the point where I treasure the enjoyment I get from every book, and if I don't really enjoy it... well, there isn't much point in reading it, is there?
Still, I don't always review DNF books... Only if I can explain exactly why I didn't finish it, and I'd like to share that.
I picked up this book because a while back (like, two years ago), I read the first book and enjoyed it. It wasn't A-mazing, but it was cute and fun, and I decided I wanted to continue with the series. But then I couldn't. At 48% of the book, I called it quits. My heart just wasn't in it. I kept looking at reading the book as a chore, which is never encouraging.
I had three big issues with Adventures of a Graveyard Girl.
1. It was way too... dare I say it?... childish to me. I don't need characters to be my age to enjoy them, but here they just read like immature 12-year-olds and not teenagers. And I've read and enjoyed books with twelve year old more than this. It was just... too exaggeratedly childish. Teenagers are allowed to have their immature moments, for sure, but not 100% of the time.
2. Then there was the poorly edited text. There were a lot of missing punctuation marks or places where I felt a dot should've been but wasn't. There were a lot of duplicated words in a way that made no sense. A lot of the describing sentences lacked finesse. It felt like... well, like an amateur job. Like no one actually read over the book and corrected all of these. It was like reading a draft and not a finished product. And I don't know about you, but that bothers me.
3. And finally, the repetition. How many times can you say the same thing on one page? apparently, a lot. Enough that I totally lost count. It was like Harris didn't trust we got the information the first time, so she mentioned it 50 times more just to be sure. In very similar wording. That's one of my major writing pet peeves.
So, in the end, despite enjoying the first book, I decided this is as far as I and this series go. It's just not for me, really.
livros's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
much like with the first book in the series, there's nothing to critique. honestly, plot was great, easy to follow and the reveal had me gripped. ethan was a highlight obvs
flosmith's review
4.0
I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
This is the second book in the Funeral Crashing series and its every bit as good as the first. These books are both fun reads and great read together or each can be stand alone novels. This one picks up immediately where [b:Adventures in Funeral Crashing|11776598|Adventures in Funeral Crashing (Funeral Crashing, #1)|Milda Harris|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1308518937s/11776598.jpg|16728152] left off but if you haven't read it that's ok because you get caught up along the way.
Kait is a strong female character who isn't a popular girl in school and she is fine with that. She knows that she is different but is happy with who she is. On her first official date with Ethan, which happens to be homecoming, the festivities are interrupted by murder. She can't resist the sluething bug to find out what happened.
This is a wonderful book full of great characters, sweet love interests, humor, and adventure. Its a mystery full of twists and turns and an ending that I didn't completely see coming. This is a great young adult mystery that I would recommend to anybody that likes a fun read with great characters and a mystery to solve.
This is the second book in the Funeral Crashing series and its every bit as good as the first. These books are both fun reads and great read together or each can be stand alone novels. This one picks up immediately where [b:Adventures in Funeral Crashing|11776598|Adventures in Funeral Crashing (Funeral Crashing, #1)|Milda Harris|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1308518937s/11776598.jpg|16728152] left off but if you haven't read it that's ok because you get caught up along the way.
Kait is a strong female character who isn't a popular girl in school and she is fine with that. She knows that she is different but is happy with who she is. On her first official date with Ethan, which happens to be homecoming, the festivities are interrupted by murder. She can't resist the sluething bug to find out what happened.
This is a wonderful book full of great characters, sweet love interests, humor, and adventure. Its a mystery full of twists and turns and an ending that I didn't completely see coming. This is a great young adult mystery that I would recommend to anybody that likes a fun read with great characters and a mystery to solve.
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