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33 Men: Inside the Miraculous Survival and Dramatic Rescue of the Chilean Miners
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Book Type: Hardcover
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Book Type: Hardcover
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Review Date: 8/14/2021
Interesting read, but I wish it focused more on the below-ground vs. above ground action.
Review Date: 1/25/2022
Helpful Score: 1
Summary: We follow a group of amateur theater performers as they hold a cancer fundraiser and deal with a murder of one of their own. It is told through emails, messages, and police reports.
Overall: This epistolary novel builds little suspense.
Characters:3/10 I had a hard time keeping track of who was who. There was not any sort of physical descriptions. It may be handy to tab the cast of characters page if reading a physical copy.
Uniqueness: 8/10 I haven't read a crime book in the form before.
Plot: 5/10 I wondered how it would end, but getting there was painfully slow for around 80% of the book.
Concept: 8/10 I appreciated that we don't know who died until well into the book.
Absorbing: 2/10 I was tuning out the repetitive nature of the emails/headers.
Keeper/Re-Readability: 2/10
Enjoyment/Entertainment: 3/10 this was a great premise, but it wasn't for me.
Overall: This epistolary novel builds little suspense.
Characters:3/10 I had a hard time keeping track of who was who. There was not any sort of physical descriptions. It may be handy to tab the cast of characters page if reading a physical copy.
Uniqueness: 8/10 I haven't read a crime book in the form before.
Plot: 5/10 I wondered how it would end, but getting there was painfully slow for around 80% of the book.
Concept: 8/10 I appreciated that we don't know who died until well into the book.
Absorbing: 2/10 I was tuning out the repetitive nature of the emails/headers.
Keeper/Re-Readability: 2/10
Enjoyment/Entertainment: 3/10 this was a great premise, but it wasn't for me.
Review Date: 6/22/2021
I love medical and forensics books, but this one was hard to get through. Boring cases, and pompous writing!
Review Date: 5/2/2021
Typical Joanne Fluke. I'm finding myself liking the recipes more than the actual book.
Review Date: 3/21/2021
Loved the characters, the mystery and of course the dogs.
4.5 stars rounded down. Only bad comment is it is hard to find a place to stop, always something happening! :)
4.5 stars rounded down. Only bad comment is it is hard to find a place to stop, always something happening! :)
Review Date: 5/15/2021
Loved the back and forth, kept my interest!
Gangster Redemption: How America's Most Notorious Jewel Robber Got Rich, Got Caught, and Got His Life Back on Track
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Book Type: Paperback
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Author:
Book Type: Paperback
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Review Date: 2/28/2021
Loved reading the crazy prison stories. Highly suggest the videos that go along with each chapter on Youtube. Larry is a wonderful storyteller, and I would love a sequel!
How Not to Die: Surprising Lessons on Living Longer, Safer, and Healthier from America's Favorite Medical Examiner
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Book Type: Hardcover
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Book Type: Hardcover
10
Review Date: 5/2/2021
I loved the TV show and would suggest watching it first to avoid spoilers. Common sense, not many new cases or information.
Review Date: 1/30/2021
Kept me guessing lots of sub plots.
Review Date: 1/25/2022
Read this if you like unique mysteries without a lot of gore.
Summary: Molly the Maid finds a dead businessman in a room she is supposed to be cleaning. Suspects abound in this unique mystery set in a hotel.
What I Liked:
1. Her unique job and characteristics. Even during lulls in the plot, I was genuinely interested in her and her life.
2. The layers of meaning behind clean vs. unclean and invisibility.
3. Twists and turns
What I didn't like:
1. Things felt a bit too neatly wrapped up at the end
Summary: Molly the Maid finds a dead businessman in a room she is supposed to be cleaning. Suspects abound in this unique mystery set in a hotel.
What I Liked:
1. Her unique job and characteristics. Even during lulls in the plot, I was genuinely interested in her and her life.
2. The layers of meaning behind clean vs. unclean and invisibility.
3. Twists and turns
What I didn't like:
1. Things felt a bit too neatly wrapped up at the end
Review Date: 6/26/2021
2.5 stars rounded down. Great story, but difficult to plow through with the flashbacks. Also, much darker than expected.
Review Date: 1/25/2022
Helpful Score: 1
4.5 stars rounded down
Summary: Paloma rents out a room to an undocumented immigrant who she sees murdered. The body disappears, and she is forced to deal with secrets from her past.
Overall I loved this unique thriller. Read if you enjoy past/present narratives and big twists.
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Characters:9/10 I love Paloma, and her sense of humor. The minor characters like Ida also have a lot of depth.
Plot: 9/10: Lots of jaw-dropping twists. The author drops these major truth bombs SO casually.
Concept: 8/10 Great concept I just feel as though the summary was not really what the book was about.
Absorbing: 9/10 A very fast read.
Keeper/Re-Readability: 7/10 I want to re-read it with what I now know from the ending.
Enjoyment/Entertainment: 9.5/10
Summary: Paloma rents out a room to an undocumented immigrant who she sees murdered. The body disappears, and she is forced to deal with secrets from her past.
Overall I loved this unique thriller. Read if you enjoy past/present narratives and big twists.
Cupcake Review:
Characters:9/10 I love Paloma, and her sense of humor. The minor characters like Ida also have a lot of depth.
Plot: 9/10: Lots of jaw-dropping twists. The author drops these major truth bombs SO casually.
Concept: 8/10 Great concept I just feel as though the summary was not really what the book was about.
Absorbing: 9/10 A very fast read.
Keeper/Re-Readability: 7/10 I want to re-read it with what I now know from the ending.
Enjoyment/Entertainment: 9.5/10
Review Date: 4/11/2021
Disappointing and hard to get through.
Review Date: 3/28/2021
2.5 stars rounded down. Not as exciting or action-packed as his other books. Disappointing!
Review Date: 8/30/2021
Helpful Score: 1
I've read and enjoyed most of Ware's other books. This was decent, but not my favorite. Slow to start/end, but the middle was edge of your seat exciting.
The Other Woman's House (aka Lasting Damage) (Culver Valley Crime, Bk 6)
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Book Type: Paperback
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Author:
Book Type: Paperback
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Review Date: 11/28/2021
What I Liked:
1. Fascinating premise
2. Connie's Character: Her unique and complex family make her anything but cookie-cutter.
3. Great pacing: A real page turner
What I Didn't Like:
1. Character's Motivations: They made very little sense to me.
2. Police: Their names all ran together for me, and I didn't find them very interesting.
(For what it's worth, this is the 6th book in the series, but the first I've read.
1. Fascinating premise
2. Connie's Character: Her unique and complex family make her anything but cookie-cutter.
3. Great pacing: A real page turner
What I Didn't Like:
1. Character's Motivations: They made very little sense to me.
2. Police: Their names all ran together for me, and I didn't find them very interesting.
(For what it's worth, this is the 6th book in the series, but the first I've read.
Review Date: 8/14/2021
A unique pageturner. I didn't enjoy her Agatha Christie novels at all, but this was a really enjoyable read.
Review Date: 3/21/2021
Misleading blurb and full of cliches. Not my cup of tea!
Review Date: 8/15/2021
I found this book confusing with too much going on.
Review Date: 2/20/2021
Helpful Score: 1
Suspense tapers off early, and characters make very little sense. I also found it extremely far-fetched.
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