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Booby Trap (2009)

by Sue Ann Jaffarian(Favorite Author)

3.99 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0738713503 (ISBN13: 9780738713502)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Midnight Ink

series

An Odelia Grey Mystery

review 1: This book is more like 3.5 stars (why hasn't goodreads come up with half stars yet?) I just don't feel like it's quite four stars because while it is entertaining and well written, I just have so much trouble suspending reality when reading these Odelia Grey books. Not only for what actually happens during the course of the novel (which is unrealistic and downright improbable) but the way the characters speak to each other. I realize Greg and Odelia are newly weds but they are so damn polite to each other I want to vomit in my mouth a little. If they call each other sweetheart one more time I may scream. And all the characters are just so concerned for each other and friendly and willing to help each other out (even by harboring a woman they never met before who is hiding... more from a killer) it makes me skim over some of the book to get to the end. The book gets confusing with all the characters (some of them are absent characters from previous books but for some reason the author seems to think we need to know about them). But parts of the ending were surprising and helped the book redeem itself. I would definitely recommend this book for a quick, lighthearted read, but don't expect a real mystery or thriller here.
review 2: After reading the ghost stories from this author I was excited to try her other series. Whew...do not waste your time. There is tons of vulgar language and the subject matter was also vulgar, raunchy and disgusting. I stopped reading and didn't finish the book (except to see if I was right on the last page of "who done it." I was right.) I don't think I will check out any of the other books in this series. I guess I should have known from the cover and the title, but I was expecting another kind of booby trap. I would give zero stars if I could. less

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