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thebpick 's review for:
Six Feet Deep Dish
by Mindy Quigley
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This may be the most I’ve ever disliked an FMC who was not intentionally unlikeable. The side characters were all a delight and I found myself wanting more of them. My snarky take on the FMC: Overbearing control freak is so self absorbed that she:
- doesn’t notice that her aunt is being drugged by her caregiver
- has a best friend who’s gone through something very traumatic and doesn’t feel like she can tell her
- ignores her fiancées feedback and deliberately feeds her cat food that makes him sick
- treats her fiancée like he’s a wallet
- Blows up on people so frequently that it’s a running joke to everyone around her, to the point they have special ways of dealing with her/doing things for her
- ignores police orders multiple times and could/should have been arrested for interfering with the investigation
- takes pleasure in the idea of firing a teenager
- yells at old men and her fiancée over an innocent mistake and has no remorse or self reflection
- Need I go on?
I feel like the growth the character experiences does not come close to making up for her faults along the way that are supposed to be seen as quirky but really just come across as disrespectful. Every other character in this book deserved better.
Did I spend 25 minutes listening to recipes hoping there was an epilogue at the end? Yes.
Will I ever get those 25 minutes of my life back? No.
Overall, I can’t say I recommend this book. If it weren’t for my book club reading it, I would have DNFed it near the beginning when her true nature came out as it didn’t really get any better.
- doesn’t notice that her aunt is being drugged by her caregiver
- has a best friend who’s gone through something very traumatic and doesn’t feel like she can tell her
- ignores her fiancées feedback and deliberately feeds her cat food that makes him sick
- treats her fiancée like he’s a wallet
- Blows up on people so frequently that it’s a running joke to everyone around her, to the point they have special ways of dealing with her/doing things for her
- ignores police orders multiple times and could/should have been arrested for interfering with the investigation
- takes pleasure in the idea of firing a teenager
- yells at old men and her fiancée over an innocent mistake and has no remorse or self reflection
- Need I go on?
I feel like the growth the character experiences does not come close to making up for her faults along the way that are supposed to be seen as quirky but really just come across as disrespectful. Every other character in this book deserved better.
Did I spend 25 minutes listening to recipes hoping there was an epilogue at the end? Yes.
Will I ever get those 25 minutes of my life back? No.
Overall, I can’t say I recommend this book. If it weren’t for my book club reading it, I would have DNFed it near the beginning when her true nature came out as it didn’t really get any better.