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A review by lauraborkpower
The Square Root of Murder by Camille Minichino, Ada Madison
Did not finish book.
The only reason I finished this book was to eke out as many more books I could this year to get the tiniest bit closer to my 2011 reading challenge (which I have absolutely no chance of actually meeting). This book makes my boycott list, since it's labeled as a "Sophie Knowles Mystery #1" so Madison is obviously going to churn out at least a few more of these stupid books. And I, for one, won't waste any more of my time.
Not only is this not a good book, but I'd go so far to say that this is a bad book. It's a case-in-point of how to tell instead of show. This book is overflowing with irrelevant details (about the boyfriend's love of movies, the boyfriend's job, the clothing the narrator is wearing during every single scene, the clothing every other character is wearing during every single scene, the narrator's favorite color, the narrator's favorite tea, and on, and on, and on, and on) but absolutely zero atmosphere or graspable setting. The dialogue is bad, and plot is unbelievable, and the characters are so bland that I almost can't care enough about them to dislike them.
Don't read this book. But if you ever want to make a quick buck with a mediocre mystery novel, send it to Berkley Publishing, since they'll obviously publish anything.
Not only is this not a good book, but I'd go so far to say that this is a bad book. It's a case-in-point of how to tell instead of show. This book is overflowing with irrelevant details (about the boyfriend's love of movies, the boyfriend's job, the clothing the narrator is wearing during every single scene, the clothing every other character is wearing during every single scene, the narrator's favorite color, the narrator's favorite tea, and on, and on, and on, and on) but absolutely zero atmosphere or graspable setting. The dialogue is bad, and plot is unbelievable, and the characters are so bland that I almost can't care enough about them to dislike them.
Don't read this book. But if you ever want to make a quick buck with a mediocre mystery novel, send it to Berkley Publishing, since they'll obviously publish anything.