Cheryl P

• Rated 2 stars

“As a fan of the Evan Delaney series, I decided to give this second book in the Jo Becket series a try. I was hoping that the sadly lacking first Beckett was an aberration. But this one was no better. Gardiner now seems to be more of a James Patterson than a Sue Grafton.
And note that Stephen King's glowing review was based on the Delaney series, not this one!”

Cheryl P wrote this review Tuesday, July 14 2009. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 2 stars

“I'm afraid that anyone who reads this book first will not go on to read any of the other Nina Reilly books and will miss out on a good, engaging series. It seems like a filler or perhaps a place holder until these authors get a real Nina Reilly mystery together.”

Cheryl P wrote this review Saturday, June 13 2009. ( reply | permalink )

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• Rated 0 stars

“This book was too poorly edited and proofed for me to be able to give it a fair rating. They "could OF" spent some money on proofreaders, they they "might OF" caught some of the errors. Punctuation was rather sadly mangled also.”

Cheryl P wrote this review Saturday, May 9 2009. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 4 stars

“This was an unusual crime story, told from the perspective of a homeless woman falsely accused of four brutal murders. At first, I thought I wasn't going to like it, but the lack of cliched plot devices so common in US crime thrillers drew me on.
By the end, I was totally involved in the story.

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Cheryl P wrote this review Sunday, April 26 2009. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 5 stars

“I love this series and this third book was as good as the other two. Think Bones in the time of Beckett! (For non-TV and non-movie people: Tempe Brennan in the reign of Henry II).”

Cheryl P wrote this review Sunday, April 19 2009. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 2 stars

“I found it difficult to finish this book. None of the characters appealed to me, the plot "twists" were rather predictable, and except for the setting - which was not described well enough in my opinion - the story was nothing new. I truly don't understand why it won an award!
Magnus Tait is a typical small village outcast. Jimmy Perez is the typical outsider policeman in a small village, trying to decide whether to stay or go. The women, teens and children are cardboard cutouts, without much personality except through the voices of others. This book needs more of the "show it, don't tell it" type of writing.”

Cheryl P wrote this review Wednesday, April 1 2009. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 4 stars

“Paranormal thriller/romance with NO vampires, weres or other non-human characters! I really enjoyed it. I do hope that Burke continues with this genre, as well as continuing her other series.”

Cheryl P wrote this review Tuesday, March 10 2009. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 2 stars

“I was talked into reading (actually, listening to) this one so I could follow it up with the next one, which supposedly has more Ranger. I think it is past time for this series to end, it's just not funny any more. Seems like it's all happened before.....”

Cheryl P wrote this review Tuesday, March 10 2009. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 2 stars

“This book was too predictable. I knew very early how the plot was going to develop and, from the first time the character appeared, who the "bad one" was. I can't say more without including spoilers, but hey, it's a spoiler in itself.”

Cheryl P wrote this review Friday, March 6 2009. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 2 stars

“The story was good, although predictable. Two things ruined it for me:
Very jarring flashbacks that just sort of popped up - took a sentence or two to realize it was a flashback.
Extremely poor editing and proofreading, almost as though only Word editor and spellcheck were used. I had a library copy and apparently someone before me had the same problem, penciled corrections were everywhere!”

Cheryl P wrote this review Friday, March 6 2009. ( reply | permalink )