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Death In A Wine Dark Sea (2012)

by Lisa King(Favorite Author)

3.37 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1579622828 (ISBN13: 9781579622824)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

The Permanent Press

review 1: Hmmm. This is a difficult one to review, not because of the book itself, but because of Goodread's rating system. I'd have an easier time of it if I could rate various aspects as well as the whole. Is it engaging? Yes. Good characters? Yup. Ditto the story. It has all the makings of a very good yarn. My problem is with some of the author's choices. In crafting her list of possible suspects, she puts the heroine into a few too many life threatening situations. The scenes themselves are tense and well written, but, taken as a whole, are too dire. The reader knows she'll escape, and only once does that happen without help. So what we have is a very strong female protagonist, who needs men to rescue her. Repeatedly. A shame too. If not for that, I would have rated this much hi... moregher. The characters are solid and three dimensional--for the most part, and the mystery plays out well. It's a very good read, one just short of being very good.
review 2: Quite enjoyable, eventually. The lead's character began to expand and some of her annoying mannerisms disappeared. The cast of characters is large but the author did an admirable job of keeping them separate and memorable. I liked that Jean is a wine writer so we get some wine info (which I am tucking away for myself). I liked that she hooks up with Zeppo, a complex nerd younger than she is, and the relationship develops nicely. I found their mutual sex drives slightly exhausting. The plot is simple with multiple suspects and lots of dead ends, but all is neatly tied up at the end. Good enough to look forward to more. less

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