Amy Aviva

great story, meh poirot

Revisado: 01-07-24

the story was clever and had some great twists in it. Poirot's speaking. style was close enough, but his personality didn't feel right. he wouldn't have become so concerned about a stranger for example.

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Not as advertised.

Revisado: 11-01-23

The description when I read it called the book lighthearted. That part has since been taken out, which is good because there is nothing lighthearted about this book. It is still advertised as "The Gilmore Girls but with murder." Except for the fact that there were three generations of women it didn't feel anything like TGG. Not funny, not fast paced, not witty.

I found it boring and somewhat depressing. The narration, however, was excellent.

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Frustrating

Revisado: 02-06-23

While some of the book, such as the description of Carsley and the style of writing, is pretty close to that of MC Beaton, Agatha is not the same Agatha that I've known for 31 books. The real Agatha would never stick her tongue out at someone, and would never escalate a conflict between herself and Wilkes. Charles would never call her sweetie.

throughout the first 31 or so books MC Beaton created an arc in which Charles becomes the kind one and James is revealed to be a jerk. The new author reverses it and it's just not believable. he makes Charles somewhat unkind and makes Agatha way too jealous of his girlfriends, which she really wasn't in the rest of the series.

still there is enough there similar to the original books that it gave me a much-needed dose of Agatha. I probably will read any forthcoming books, but please, please try to make Agatha more like she was before. you can start by having her not stick out her tongue.

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I cringed throughout.

Revisado: 02-05-23

this book, written by RW Green after MC Beaton's death, feels like a bit of a betrayal of the series that was really written by Beaton.

not only does the plot renege on the last several books that worked to set up a romance between Charles and Agatha but also Agatha's character is not the same. Gone is the woman who can't help but believe in romance. In this book she's just cynical. Gone is the witty, composed woman who responded to insults with well chosen words. Agatha would never ever kick somebody in the shin if she didn't need to.

I'm going to listen to the final book in the hope that she and Charles will end up together after all. seems highly unlikely but hopes springs eternal.

One of the things that bothers me the most is how Roy's motivation for helping Agatha changed from publicity seeking to wanting to help solve a murder. while of course it's a more palatable portrayal of Roy you can't just change an entire character like that.

And then the small things that several people noted about the last book: Why wasn't Doris taking care of the cats? What happened to Phil? since when does James call Agatha " sweetie" Roy style.

I will give credit to the author in that he does keep the same writing style of the books and some of the characters seemed exactly the same, such as Bill, Toni, and Gustav. if only it could have been so for the main characters.

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Narrator was absolutely fine

Revisado: 11-15-22

I shied away from buying this book for weeks because of the negative reviews about the narrator, but I thought he was absolutely fine. he did a good job.

the book is typical Carl Hiaasen. less violent than most so therefore in my opinion better than most.

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my favorite Hiaasen so far

Revisado: 11-03-22

I love Hiaasen's books but I don't like the violence in most of them or the plethora of reprehensible characters. In some the protagonist is even unlikable.

In this book there are some villains but they're not cartoonish and while there is some violence it's not graphic.

Of course it probably helps that I too am a journalist but I really appreciate the humor without the gore.

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mispronunciation of Jack LaLanne drove me nuts

Revisado: 08-23-22

it was a great book. the crate writing, great story, and other than the mispronunciation, a great narrator. but to have such a common name mispronounced dozens of times in the book really drove me nuts.

I've heard mistakes like this in other books too. like in one book the constant mispronunciation of the name Chaim.

Mistakes like this would be so easy to correct and are so distracting to the listener and put such a tarnish on the book. It seems crazy to me that there's not more of an effort to catch them. It makes me wonder if anybody ever reviews the narration before it's published.

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really well written

Revisado: 02-06-22

really well written, the narration was great, and even though it was a suspense story, it was full of heart.

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love the history but ...

Revisado: 12-09-21

The book and the narrator are great and I loved the whole series. However the sex scenes are way too graphic for my taste and it makes me uncomfortable and even ashamed of listening to the books. it shouldn't be like that. other than the sex scenes, the books are so good. Maybe audible could release the equivalent of a cleaned up "radio" version of the books?

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possibly my favorite Agatha Christie

Revisado: 10-03-21

the first time I started listening to this book I was turned off by the prologue but I tried again and ended up loving the book. so if you don't like the prologue read on.

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