raconteur reviewed on 8/29/2010 + 168 more book reviews

This is the first book in the series that I read, and my third "cozy mystery." This book wasn't as good as the other two cozy mysteries I read. I much preferred the Betty Hechtman crochet series. And not just because I crochet! I used to be a knitter.

The writing in this one was just so simple. I felt like a second grader could read it. Plus the main character, who is an accountant, is not creative/spontaneous/artsy enough for me to relate to. I'm an artist ... so accounting, to me, just sounds like the most boring job in the world. Also, I can't even count how many times the characters said "oh brother." Drove me nuts. It was the most overused expression in the book. I'm pretty sure it was featured on every other page. Also, my copy of the book had several major typos. For instance, the word "protege" ... when they tried to do the accent marks, my book had weird symbols instead of letters or accent marks. There were some really basic editing mistakes in it, besides that one. Sloppy job on the part of the editor. Finally, the author needs to read up on what the word "vegetarian" means and what a vegetarian is. A vegetarian is not going to be grilling up some salmon steaks. I really dislike it when details like this are not researched. It makes me think the author was either lazy or uninterested in definitions.

Having said all that, I did read this book to the end. And, it did make me want to pick up my knitting needles again. Which is a good thing. I wouldn't buy more from this series, nor would I order more from paperbackswap. However, if I was desperate for easy reading material, I'd check it out from the library for a really, really easy, leisurely, quick, "junk" read.

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