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A review by cooperca
Just Desserts by Mary Daheim
1.0
I couldn't get into this whodunit.
The author proceeds to vomit up every little detail and backstory in the first 20 pages. Then we're introduced to, I don't know how many characters, as I lost count at 8. They all sounded the same and couldn't differentiate one from another and I got tired of going back to figure out who was talking. Judith, the main character, is a bitch with a capital B! She hates her cat and treats him like a disposable toy. She treats her cousin, who is doing her a huge favor, like a peasant and treats her guests even worse. Who the hell would want to go to a B&B and be treated like crap by the hostess??
The policing is a joke. Readers have become more sophisticated when it comes to police investigations and methods of killing and this "mystery" must think the readers are stupid or just willing to go along with absolute nonsense.
I had another in this series but this one put me off reading any additional by this author.
Obviously there is an audience for this series, but it's not my cup of tea at all.
The author proceeds to vomit up every little detail and backstory in the first 20 pages. Then we're introduced to, I don't know how many characters, as I lost count at 8. They all sounded the same and couldn't differentiate one from another and I got tired of going back to figure out who was talking. Judith, the main character, is a bitch with a capital B! She hates her cat and treats him like a disposable toy. She treats her cousin, who is doing her a huge favor, like a peasant and treats her guests even worse. Who the hell would want to go to a B&B and be treated like crap by the hostess??
The policing is a joke. Readers have become more sophisticated when it comes to police investigations and methods of killing and this "mystery" must think the readers are stupid or just willing to go along with absolute nonsense.
I had another in this series but this one put me off reading any additional by this author.
Obviously there is an audience for this series, but it's not my cup of tea at all.