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A review by court_of_stars
Fast Women by Jennifer Crusie
3.0
"Fast Women" is my third Jennifer Crusie novel. It was about 150 pages longer than any of her other books I have read. I was initially pulled in due to the mystery and allure of a person working for a detective agency (probably due to my love of Veronica Mars).
Crusie is well known for her "Chick Lit" style, but there seemed to be more to "Fast Women". Chick Lit + Mystery? Unfortunately for me, they both fell flat and left me wanting.
What I liked: Basically anything after they discovered where Lynnie had been hiding after embezzling money from the McKenna Detective Agency. The finally 75 pages were more on part with what I was hoping for in the realm of mysteries.
What I disliked (or irritated me to no end): I know this is going to sound petty, but Susannah's nickname "SUZE". I cringed every time I read it (so much so it actually pulled me out of the story a lot). Also, the tea cups. The China. It is so not me, and I found myself wanting to skim over the text every time a character started talking or thinking about their China collection. I do not care. Not at all. Enough is enough.
Now, for those of you named Suze (sorry!), and those that love tea cup/China collections, and those that like kind of chick lit/kind of mystery novels, this just might be for you!
Enjoy and happy reading!
PS. I still gave it a three so I obviously didn't HATE it by any means.
Crusie is well known for her "Chick Lit" style, but there seemed to be more to "Fast Women". Chick Lit + Mystery? Unfortunately for me, they both fell flat and left me wanting.
What I liked: Basically anything after they discovered where Lynnie had been hiding after embezzling money from the McKenna Detective Agency. The finally 75 pages were more on part with what I was hoping for in the realm of mysteries.
What I disliked (or irritated me to no end): I know this is going to sound petty, but Susannah's nickname "SUZE". I cringed every time I read it (so much so it actually pulled me out of the story a lot). Also, the tea cups. The China. It is so not me, and I found myself wanting to skim over the text every time a character started talking or thinking about their China collection. I do not care. Not at all. Enough is enough.
Now, for those of you named Suze (sorry!), and those that love tea cup/China collections, and those that like kind of chick lit/kind of mystery novels, this just might be for you!
Enjoy and happy reading!
PS. I still gave it a three so I obviously didn't HATE it by any means.