Jose Figueroa

Meh Story, Not so good Narrator, Bland, Whiny MC

Revisado: 09-16-20

I haven't finished it yet. I will finish it but only out of obligation at this point rather than enjoyment. So far the story is very "meh". Outside of the setting there is really nothing else about this story that I found intriguing or engaging. It's not a straightforward mystery from what I'm getting. The MC isn't actively trying to solve the case from where I'm at in the story. It's just something that is happening around her and she's kind of dipping in and out of it.

My biggest critiques of this story are the narrator and by extension the main character. The narrator is probably the first one that I've heard in my time with audible I didn't like. She does make minor mistakes but my problem is her voice. Not to disparage but her voice is high and nasally which makes the rest of the characters but especially the main character just seem like they're just whining.

Which gets me into the main character. Most mystery story enthusiasts know that part of a good mystery is giving us a likable sleuth who you want to solve the case. Personally I found the character of Caren too bland and mopey to find likable. I got no sense of her personality. Everything in the story is just happening to and around her and there isn't any real insight into her as a person. I have no idea what she likes or dislikes, if she even has a hobby. She's really kinda just there. And what I get from her backstory is just one sad story after another and how she's still carrying the sadness. So basically the only characteristic I did get is she's just sad and mopey.

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Good Cozy Story Unlikeable MC

Revisado: 09-11-20

I've had a love of mysteries and mystery novels since I was a kid. I've only really delved into the "cozy mystery" as of recent years just due still wanting a good mystery but without all the grit and darkness more recent fair has produced. So I always find "cozies" as good in-between, light reading when I need a break from my headier reads.

I've listened to the first novel and this one within two days and I do really enjoy these novels and the narrator is excellent. My biggest complaint is that I've found myself liking the main character less and less between the two novels. She's too much of the "old, nosy, stubborn, self-righteous, and judgey devout Christian lady stereotype" Big emphasis on the "judgey" part. It reached eye rolling levels of intolerable in this novel. Hopefully it gets better by the next book.

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