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A review by saraanareads
Ms. Demeanor by Elinor Lipman
2.0
I have so many issues with this book. Let's just start with Jane and Perry.
So after being put on house arrest, Jane finds out that Perry is also on house arrest and decides to get to know him. The relationship that they get into is a little strange to me. Although they are friends with benefits it doesn't seem like it's because there is an initial attraction. It just feels like a relationship of convenience. It also doesn't feel like they are great friends to begin with.
Then the fact that they got engaged before saying "I love you" was weird to me. It's like as soon as house arrest was over they got engaged almost immediately. They also got engaged before it seemed like they were officially dating, they were still just friends with benefits.
The fact that we never find out who killed the neighbor was so upsetting to me. I feel like Jane spent a lot of time playing detective and it was all for nothing. The police officers were incorporated into the story a lot and then just never follow up on who killed her.
Duncan leaving Jackleen was a HUGE red flag in my book. But then he just comes back and proposes and they get back together like nothing happened. I don't get it. He was so unsupportive of her supporting her sister and I don't see how him coming back and proposing fixes any of that.
Mandy getting married to Krzysztof so that he could get his green card was WILD. Then having him leave the country almost immediately made it seem like the marriage was all for nothing. Krzysztof and his sister were walking red flags the whole time and I feel like that part of the story was just left as a loose end.
I don't get why everyone was rushing into marriage in this book. It just felt out of place. Then having the mysterious death be such a big part of the story and then not completing that story line was disappointing to say the least.
There were too many things happening and I just feel like if only 2 out of the 6 things that were happening were focused on in detail, that could have made for a much better story.
So after being put on house arrest, Jane finds out that Perry is also on house arrest and decides to get to know him. The relationship that they get into is a little strange to me. Although they are friends with benefits it doesn't seem like it's because there is an initial attraction. It just feels like a relationship of convenience. It also doesn't feel like they are great friends to begin with.
Then the fact that they got engaged before saying "I love you" was weird to me. It's like as soon as house arrest was over they got engaged almost immediately. They also got engaged before it seemed like they were officially dating, they were still just friends with benefits.
The fact that we never find out who killed the neighbor was so upsetting to me. I feel like Jane spent a lot of time playing detective and it was all for nothing. The police officers were incorporated into the story a lot and then just never follow up on who killed her.
Duncan leaving Jackleen was a HUGE red flag in my book. But then he just comes back and proposes and they get back together like nothing happened. I don't get it. He was so unsupportive of her supporting her sister and I don't see how him coming back and proposing fixes any of that.
Mandy getting married to Krzysztof so that he could get his green card was WILD. Then having him leave the country almost immediately made it seem like the marriage was all for nothing. Krzysztof and his sister were walking red flags the whole time and I feel like that part of the story was just left as a loose end.
I don't get why everyone was rushing into marriage in this book. It just felt out of place. Then having the mysterious death be such a big part of the story and then not completing that story line was disappointing to say the least.
There were too many things happening and I just feel like if only 2 out of the 6 things that were happening were focused on in detail, that could have made for a much better story.