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A review by pn_hinton
'Scuse Me While I Kill This Guy by Leslie Langtry
3.0
I had gotten this book a few years ago when it was a freebie and just recently got around to reading it in what will hopefully be my year of putting a decent dent in my TBR. It was cute and entertaining enough even though I wouldn’t call it her best work. There were some predictable elements in there, such as the villain and I found that the ending was a bit too ‘neat’ considering the family’s vocation. However, her trademark humor was still here, and I did laugh at loud at a couple of parts.
One thing that was initially confusing for me is I read the short story Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas already, so the change of narrator threw me since I wasn’t aware that different stories have different ones. However one thing to call out is that the writing style did mature from this book to that story, so I would imagine that the rest of the series is the same, which is reassuring if I decide to pick it up.
While not my favorite series by her so far, it was still enjoyable and is a nice way to spend an afternoon with a comfy blanket and beverage of your choice. If nothing else it will make you snort at least once or twice however I do find her later works to be more enjoyable all around.
One thing that was initially confusing for me is I read the short story Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas already, so the change of narrator threw me since I wasn’t aware that different stories have different ones. However one thing to call out is that the writing style did mature from this book to that story, so I would imagine that the rest of the series is the same, which is reassuring if I decide to pick it up.
While not my favorite series by her so far, it was still enjoyable and is a nice way to spend an afternoon with a comfy blanket and beverage of your choice. If nothing else it will make you snort at least once or twice however I do find her later works to be more enjoyable all around.