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A review by webblywebb
Murder Simply Brewed by Vannetta Chapman
2.0
Um yikes! Thought I was in for a cozy marple-esque romp, but instead I was in for a kind of boring, definitely ableist, DEFINITELY weird about women's weight (and if you're asking yourself 'how would the shape and size of women be relevant to an Amish murder mystery?' Well I'm asking myself that too) not even very Amish story. I was disappointed by the obvious storyline, and to be perfectly real with you guys the climax action scene was so horrendous I had to cringe. I was doing math to prove it stupid. And I was right, so that truly sucks for the book. Just super disappointed, not a super atmospheric, cozy, or frankly interesting read.
Plus as an aside, there's a bit the one character does where she's trying to put together the mystery like a puzzle. Then right at the end she says how "the pieces come together like a quilt". The puzzle thing is overdone and trite, but I didn't think anything of it until the author brought up a way better metaphor. The girl even worked in a quilt store????? Come on now.
I did notice one typo, in this case a missing quotation mark. I've turned mad over finding them, it's ruined reading. I make typoes every day of my mortal life but I see one in a book I'm like a rabid animal.
Plus as an aside, there's a bit the one character does where she's trying to put together the mystery like a puzzle. Then right at the end she says how "the pieces come together like a quilt". The puzzle thing is overdone and trite, but I didn't think anything of it until the author brought up a way better metaphor. The girl even worked in a quilt store????? Come on now.
I did notice one typo, in this case a missing quotation mark. I've turned mad over finding them, it's ruined reading. I make typoes every day of my mortal life but I see one in a book I'm like a rabid animal.