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The first book I hated

Revisado: 02-04-25

An obnoxious woman predicts deaths of everyday people and they die while she goes on pontificating and telling boring stories from her childhood. There is zero dramatic tension. It’s just everyday lives de and feeling sorry for the victims. I’m halfway through and done!

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Violence against women and female serial killer

Revisado: 01-21-25

I’ve been listening to all of this author’s books but this one went off the rails with extreme violence and then a teenager trying to seduce her poor little innocent father. I had to stop. It’s just too sick.

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Some good suspense and a sense of humor

Revisado: 01-05-25

There’s a lot to like in this series — definitely listenable and definitely has a strong female character although I’m not sure she’s the main character. She needs to be saved in this book by her man. The Boston accent makes her sound less intelligent— but I’m sure it’s supposed to show that she’s one of the people. There was a Barbara Streisand movie in the 90s that revolved around
Her character crafting “ the perfect bite” out of her salads with extra dressing. Sadly, this is evident here and it’s just about as successful as when Streisand did it. I’m waiting for someone to write a detective who is a vegan. I’m tired of descriptions of dead cow meat and white bread.

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Intelligent heroine, high body count

Revisado: 01-04-25

I haven’t had much luck finding female sleuths that are competent and look likable so I was happy to discover this author. The plot is suspenseful and I never considered bailing on it. That being said, it leans too heavily on descriptions of torture of helpless victims and I was disappointed when the female character disrobes in the end. I would assume this is supposed to be titillating but it just seemed like a man writing in gratuitous nudity hoping that if he can get a movie deal he’ll get to watch an actress bare her mammaries. I don’t see this as playing well as a scene though. Also there’s a lot of references to killing and torture of animals which I can’t stand.

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Fanciful mystery

Revisado: 01-02-25

I took a wrong turn here because this is a mystery that involves time travel and alien invasion and OMG. I like realistic mysteries and intricate plots. I’m not done yet but I’m bailing,

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Like molasses in rustic Ireland

Revisado: 12-31-24

What kept me listening to this was good characterization. But suspense was nearly absent. I’m not quite through it yet but there isn’t really enough plot to keep me interested.

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No suspense, has a Nordic Noir quality

Revisado: 12-26-24

This book is filled with an exploration of madness— how people descend into it and what it’s like when they get there. Who done it is pretty obvious and by the time it’s confirmed I didn’t care although the characterizations kept me listening. In the last part of the book I thought that French could still save this thing if there were a big twist in the end but no such luck.

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Great voice performance but this man can’t write women

Revisado: 12-20-24

This is one of the best voice performances I’ve heard, too bad it’s mostly a cast of cardboard bad guys from a different era. What bothered me most was “Jess” — she is a mother who never thinks of her kids, a former stay at home mom who has no friends, she feels nothing when a man puts his hand on her thigh, she seeks out a sexual predator to work with, and she is blank and unfeeling when sexually harassed by this same man. I think this is a kind of male fantasy: that women are plastic objects that can be sexually assaulted and verbally harassed without having any internal damage— or even thoughts about it. We’re human beings, not unfeeling objects. Don’t read this book.

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Pro cat mystey

Revisado: 12-10-24

When cat characters were introduced I was waiting for them to be eviscerated at some point in the story. But they were not only allowed to live but to thrive. This wasn’t the most suspenseful story but the characters were likable and that is a lot in my book.

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Some fun suspense but I don’t like the detective

Revisado: 12-09-24

Irish women seem to have a lot of unplanned pregnancies and this plot device is overused in this book. Women are bullied into carrying any pregnancy to term. Lottie is not a likable character so when her house burns down and she’s about to lose her job I just smiled. I don’t think that’s what the author intended.

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