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A review by emilygaynier
Witch Way to Murder: An Ophelia and Abby Mystery by Shirley Damsgaard
3.0
So this is probably more like a 2.5
There were some elements I liked, but the stuff I disliked were bad. As a librarian, I had a hard time reading about the main character at her job. Being mad about overdue library books is not something a sane librarian does. It's such an everyday thing. It's like a construction worker being mad they have to use a hammer.
The mystery was good up until we found out Davis's secret.
I loved Abby and Darci!
Ophelia sucks
It's honestly super hard to tell when this book is set. If it's set when the book was published in '05, I can kind of believe that the library still has the card catalog and has a computer. But even when the internet was still that new, the library would've had more then one patron computer. Also a library only having two employees is not smart or safe. Even if they were only briefly mentioned here and there, there should've been two or more other librarians. Also the author is confused about what the title of librarian and assistant librarian actually do. Calling Darci an assistant was just weird.
Also Abby promising the bees that she keeps that they'll get gallons of sugar water come spring isn't something a good beekeeper would do. Sugar water is not something you should give bees with any kind of regularity
There were some elements I liked, but the stuff I disliked were bad. As a librarian, I had a hard time reading about the main character at her job. Being mad about overdue library books is not something a sane librarian does. It's such an everyday thing. It's like a construction worker being mad they have to use a hammer.
The mystery was good up until we found out Davis's secret.
I loved Abby and Darci!
Ophelia sucks
It's honestly super hard to tell when this book is set. If it's set when the book was published in '05, I can kind of believe that the library still has the card catalog and has a computer. But even when the internet was still that new, the library would've had more then one patron computer. Also a library only having two employees is not smart or safe. Even if they were only briefly mentioned here and there, there should've been two or more other librarians. Also the author is confused about what the title of librarian and assistant librarian actually do. Calling Darci an assistant was just weird.
Also Abby promising the bees that she keeps that they'll get gallons of sugar water come spring isn't something a good beekeeper would do. Sugar water is not something you should give bees with any kind of regularity