Through a Glass, Deadly (Glassblowing, Bk 1)
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Paperback
Author:
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Paperback
Helpful Score: 1
This was not a cozy mystery, but rather a fiction book that features a murder. There were no clues, no list of suspects "among us", and the murder was pretty much solved part way through the book, but the timeline had to play out.
Because there were no clues to try to decipher and the suspects were, for the most part, "named", just not yet found, it really seemed like to book was dragging on. It could have easily wrapped up much sooner, there's a lot of repetition that I ended up skimming because I knew there were no clues being introduced.
The main character, Em, is extremely controlling, so much so that the other characters are simply her shallow puppets, with nary an original thought in any of their heads, all acting on her directives, even taking showers when she tells them to. I like a strong lead, and even more so when it's a women, but she can't be so strong that we make absolutely no attachment to the rest of the cast.
The main character has dogs that play a larger role than any other character. The dogs require so much attention that it was just too much!! The dogs can't walk down stairs, because they're short? Too silly. Of course they can walk down stairs, but they get carried up and down and up and down and up and down and up and down....... It's totally fine to have animals in a book, but if they play no significant role, they need to blend into the background, not be the main focus every time one turns around.
All that being said, I do think this could be a great series, if the other characters are allowed to develop their own personalities, if the dogs blend into the background and if there's a little more fun for the reader (meaning, drop some clues that we have to try to figure out and bring in a few "suspects", don't just lead us thru the story by the nose).
The author writes well, the premise is "hip" (artists, glassblowing) and I would give another book in this series a try before giving up.
Because there were no clues to try to decipher and the suspects were, for the most part, "named", just not yet found, it really seemed like to book was dragging on. It could have easily wrapped up much sooner, there's a lot of repetition that I ended up skimming because I knew there were no clues being introduced.
The main character, Em, is extremely controlling, so much so that the other characters are simply her shallow puppets, with nary an original thought in any of their heads, all acting on her directives, even taking showers when she tells them to. I like a strong lead, and even more so when it's a women, but she can't be so strong that we make absolutely no attachment to the rest of the cast.
The main character has dogs that play a larger role than any other character. The dogs require so much attention that it was just too much!! The dogs can't walk down stairs, because they're short? Too silly. Of course they can walk down stairs, but they get carried up and down and up and down and up and down and up and down....... It's totally fine to have animals in a book, but if they play no significant role, they need to blend into the background, not be the main focus every time one turns around.
All that being said, I do think this could be a great series, if the other characters are allowed to develop their own personalities, if the dogs blend into the background and if there's a little more fun for the reader (meaning, drop some clues that we have to try to figure out and bring in a few "suspects", don't just lead us thru the story by the nose).
The author writes well, the premise is "hip" (artists, glassblowing) and I would give another book in this series a try before giving up.
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