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jmj697mn's review
3.0
I love Godwin but the stilted, old-fashioned language always bothers me. I hope Conner and Betsy get engaged in the next one!
strawberrycasualreader's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
historical_bookworm's review against another edition
4.0
Another delightful edition to this series by Monica Ferris. Plenty of mystery and hijinks when Betsy goes on the hunt to solve another murder. A fun quick read that won't leave you disappointed.
rebeccasreadingrambles's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars
I really enjoy the characters in this series and one of the reasons that this lost .5 a star was because I wanted to see more of my favorites (Godwin and Jill mostly) and in this one they were mostly banal background characters. Godwin is usually part of the sleuthing and he is mostly there for exclamations (until the end he is randomly redeemed). I just felt that a lot of this book was fluff and padding. Lots of unnecessary details and descriptions. I did enjoy reading about punch-needle. The mystery seemed a bit obvious and I think any police officer could have wrapped it up much more quickly. The A-HA moment was even trivial because there is NO WAY the police would not have thought of that first. I read this series in a random order and I think I need to go back to the beginning because I think those are more well-done.
I really enjoy the characters in this series and one of the reasons that this lost .5 a star was because I wanted to see more of my favorites (Godwin and Jill mostly) and in this one they were mostly banal background characters. Godwin is usually part of the sleuthing and he is mostly there for exclamations (until the end he is randomly redeemed). I just felt that a lot of this book was fluff and padding. Lots of unnecessary details and descriptions. I did enjoy reading about punch-needle. The mystery seemed a bit obvious and I think any police officer could have wrapped it up much more quickly. The A-HA moment was even trivial because there is NO WAY the police would not have thought of that first.
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Once they knew the body was transported, they definitely would have checked for fibers and such in the suspect's cars. There's no reason Betsy should have come up with this scheme herself.dragonfly7673's review against another edition
2.0
I don’t normally write reviews of books. But this one was so difficult. I listened to the audio version and this particular narrator was horrible, so I’m not sure if that’s tainting my view or not. But even without that it seemed like it missed the usual ebb and flow of one of these stories. Not to mention, that even as a stitcher, the list of DMC colors by number was unnecessary and boring. I didn’t particularly care about the victim or the suspects either.
pussreboots's review against another edition
2.0
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