Death of a Cozy Writer by GM Malliet A WHO DUN IT read
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10/04/09 09:49 AM BCC ZEN BOOKIE COOKIE
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pioneerbee |
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10/04/09 09:57 AM |
I'm going to go with a 3.
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debbieinca |
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10/04/09 11:59 AM BCC Bookaholic |
I am going to give it a 3 also. I enjoyed reading this book, it was a comfortable read with all of the crap that is going on in the schools.
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10/04/09 01:01 PM |
2. didn't like any of the family, only liked the cops and the cook. hard to really like a book if I dislike most of the characters.
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Blanchard |
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10/04/09 01:39 PM BCC Zen Bookie Master
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I'll give it less than 2 since I still don't understand the ending.?
Betsy
Taking allergy pills is like having Snow White multiple personality disorder. You go from Sneezy/Grumpy to Sleepy/Dopey/Happy. from CEO of Zappo's, Tony Shieh |
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riverblue |
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10/04/09 03:50 PM |
2 - didn't like the way we the readers had no way of coming up with the answer, lost credibility for me when N turned out to be the most
un-credible cop ever and that family were so extreme in their total unlikability. I wanted to get to know St Just more too. |
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wernoclue |
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10/04/09 03:58 PM BCC ZEN Bookie MASTER |
1.5 from me, reduced from a 2 since I'm not sure it was worth the time. Barb put it best saying that the family was extreme in their total unlikability.
That's not usually a requirement for me -- that the characters be likable -- but these people were horrid!
And I thought the resolution was a cheat.
Karen
just finished A Quiet Belief in Angels by R.J. Ellory and trying to decide between Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout and Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks |
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BCCJillster |
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10/04/09 04:46 PM BCC ZEN BOOKIE COOKIE
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Whew I'm not alone. I would have given it a 2 as I was reading it, but a 1.5 when I finished because I really felt cheated and manipulated. I kept
expecting it to be worthwhile and then thud. It felt like she was being way too clever and trying to pull an Agatha Christie without laying the proper
groundwork. Phooey.
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10/04/09 04:56 PM BCC BookieMonster |
My rating is 0 because I became bored and didn't finish, too many other books begging me to read them.
"Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back" Fortune cookie saying Rema |
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Blanchard |
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10/04/09 08:11 PM BCC Zen Bookie Master
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It's really a pity since it could have been a good read but turned into a dud as Jillster said.
Betsy
Taking allergy pills is like having Snow White multiple personality disorder. You go from Sneezy/Grumpy to Sleepy/Dopey/Happy. from CEO of Zappo's, Tony Shieh |
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dlee10 |
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10/05/09 07:19 AM BCC BookieMonster |
I am glad I am not alone in thinking the solution was a cheat. I totally lost interest in the book once I found out N. was a cop. I do have to at least be
interested in one of the characters to like a book. These ones weren't even worth it to hate. 1.5
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murraymint11 |
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10/05/09 01:28 PM BCC Bookaholic |
1.5 from me as well. Sorry to have missed the chat too.... will deffo be there on the 17th as I now have Brutal Telling in my hot sticky hands!
Jane, UK
Currently Reading: A Distant Echo by Val McDermid Recently Read: The Earth Hums in B Flat by Mari Strachan Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone by J K Rowling |
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jodijoy |
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10/05/09 02:32 PM BCC ZEN Bookie MASTER |
I'm going to swim against the tide and say 3. I thought of it as a send-up of the genre and laughed at the names and typecast characters, rather than
taking them seriously. However, I do agree that the ending wasn't "fair". We had no way of seeing what was in that photo.
If things go wrong, don't go with them - Roger Babson
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wernoclue |
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10/05/09 02:42 PM BCC ZEN Bookie MASTER |
Jodi, I don't disagree that it was send-up of the genre, as you say. But does that mean *everyone* has to be supremely horrid?
The author has another one out in paperback, Death of a Lit Chick and one coming in January. Do we want to try her again?
Karen
just finished A Quiet Belief in Angels by R.J. Ellory and trying to decide between Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout and Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks |
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Blanchard |
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10/05/09 02:49 PM BCC Zen Bookie Master
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When I first finished this book, I liked it but the more it "marinated" in my mind, the less I liked it. Will someone tell me about the name
"Ruthven"? I've never heard that one before and it's very strange, isn't it?
Betsy
Taking allergy pills is like having Snow White multiple personality disorder. You go from Sneezy/Grumpy to Sleepy/Dopey/Happy. from CEO of Zappo's, Tony Shieh |
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someonegetchristine |
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10/05/09 03:16 PM BCC BookieMonster |
I didn't think it was too bad overall, she caught the upstairs/downstairs flavour quite well and the characters / setting all seemed to fit in a way. (rich
daddy, petulant squabbling siblings etc), but there was little in the way of clues to grab on to and work with to solve the murders.
2.75. I googled 'ruthven' - more in use as a surname than a christian name in the UK - e.g. Ruthven Castle, Lord Ruthven.
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Blanchard |
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10/05/09 07:54 PM BCC Zen Bookie Master
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Thanks, Chris. I should have done what you did (duh) and googled it. It just jumped out of the story at me and seemed strange and out of context but perhaps I
was the one out of step.
Betsy
Taking allergy pills is like having Snow White multiple personality disorder. You go from Sneezy/Grumpy to Sleepy/Dopey/Happy. from CEO of Zappo's, Tony Shieh |
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kathylaz |
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10/05/09 08:02 PM |
I'm going to go with a 2. It started off very strong for me, but the more I thought about it and the cheap tricks (like the unfair ending) I pulled it down
to a 2. I couldn't go any lower, though, because I did enjoy the ride even if I thought the people weren't likeable.
kathy
Reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, The Styx by Jonathon King and listening to The Spire by Richard North Patterson |
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bayjoens |
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10/05/09 10:46 PM |
2.5
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jodijoy |
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10/06/09 07:57 AM BCC ZEN Bookie MASTER |
The mom (the cook) was likable.
If things go wrong, don't go with them - Roger Babson
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wernoclue |
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10/06/09 10:55 AM BCC ZEN Bookie MASTER |
Yes -- the cook and cops.
Karen
just finished A Quiet Belief in Angels by R.J. Ellory and trying to decide between Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout and Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks |
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