Beth

Almost needed resuscitation to finish the book

Revisado: 09-17-18

The plot (which offered so much promise) dragged on, making me regret my choice. Characters were one dimensional. The story line was improbable. The writer ignored realistic difficulties having her protagonist walk seamlessly away from a surgical residency in Illinois to practice medicine in Michigan and resume a high school romance. The murder was committed to give a peripheral character the chance to win a scholarship to a state university rather than have him matriculate at a local community college which, presumably, would have curtailed his career opportunities. The coroner was a good title for this book which was dead on arrival.

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Enter John D. MacDonald

Revisado: 08-31-17

MacDonald got better--more developed characters, better plots (not only good guy, bad guy),
less predictable outcomes, and a better way of disposing of needy characters than killing them off. Still, it's a good read and the Travis McGee narrative keeps the action moving.

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Exciting and Entertaining

Revisado: 06-29-17

What was especially good about Ramsey's Gold Is that the story is a straightforward narrative with no diverting or confusing subplots. The characters are engaging, and although our hero is kidnapped one too many times, the reader can overlook this in favor of an enjoyable adventure story.

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Slow narrator

Revisado: 06-11-17

Unbelievably monotonous narrator and slow, slow plot. Not even the recovery of Dido's crown could tempt me more than 15 minutes. Don't believe a 5 score from other readers. I'm beginning to think these votes come from friends and cousins of writer.

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Narrator Not Good at Different Voices

Revisado: 06-02-17

Plot was confusing. I was not sure what primary problem was--arson, injured police, psychotic criminal? Too many characters. The narrator did her best, but the struggle was obvious.

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Preposterous!

Revisado: 05-31-17

No spoilers but the detective, who has recently been released from prison after being acquitted for killing 3 people, is now in charge of her former unit that was primarily responsible for her arrest and conviction (must have been a previous book) (no hard feelings, huh?). I know that fiction requires suspension of disbelief, but the only disbelief I have about this detective story is the number of "fives" other readers rated it. Finally, is this Detective Grace any relation to Roy Grace in the Peter James series?

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Too Long!

Revisado: 04-28-17

Ann Cleeves (Is it a riff on Anne of Cleves?) can write charming and interesting mysteries. Sadly, this is not one of them. Best I can tell, the plot seems to revolve around zoning approval (already a sleeper). Characters talk and talk and talk without furthering what is already a glacial plot. I tried listening twice but could not reach the end.

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Interesting but Improbable

Revisado: 04-26-17

A melodramatic plot with too many characters. Prose is full of mixed metaphors meant to wrest the reader's sympathy. Although the bones of the story are based on real events, Gibney stretches her characters' motives beyond belief.

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Feels Like Surgery

Revisado: 04-22-17

Dr. Vertosick has managed to hit all the low points in the training and career of a neurosurgeon. The first person narrative contains too much information without conveying the challenge of surgery for the physician and its inevitable outcome for the patient. The performance also adds to the plodding, ordinariousness of the work.

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Too Long!

Revisado: 03-16-17

The first part of the novel was fascinating, but without giving away any plot twists, Hill resorts to deus ex machina to get his hero out of trouble. I prefer when protagonists have to solve their problems themselves.

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