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thegeekyblogger's review against another edition
3.0
Listened for Review (Brilliance)
Overall Rating: 3.00
Story Rating: 3.50
Character Rating: 2.50
Audio Rating: 3.50 (not part of the overall rating)
Read It File It : I am a fan of cozy mysteries but the characters have to hook me almost from the beginning. I don't know what it was about Maggie but she and I just didn't click. I thought the writing was fun, the plot was well done (the mystery was twisty), and I did like Dorothy Raye (her bunco playing assistant). I just didn't like Maggie or Jake (the cop who I am going to assume is her love interest). I do think Maggie and Jake will work for other people though so give it a whirl!
Audio Thoughts:
Emily did a good job with the narration. I liked her tone and she was perfect for Dorothy. I am not sure if my problem was the character of Maggie or the pacing of her character. However, I think it was more the character. I do have Emily on my list to try with another story now.
Final Thoughts: Even though the characters did not work for me, the mystery was strong! I think it is worth a whirl if you are a cozy mystery fan.
Overall Rating: 3.00
Story Rating: 3.50
Character Rating: 2.50
Audio Rating: 3.50 (not part of the overall rating)
Read It File It : I am a fan of cozy mysteries but the characters have to hook me almost from the beginning. I don't know what it was about Maggie but she and I just didn't click. I thought the writing was fun, the plot was well done (the mystery was twisty), and I did like Dorothy Raye (her bunco playing assistant). I just didn't like Maggie or Jake (the cop who I am going to assume is her love interest). I do think Maggie and Jake will work for other people though so give it a whirl!
Audio Thoughts:
Narrated by Emily Sutton-Smith/Running Time 6 hours 50 Min
Emily did a good job with the narration. I liked her tone and she was perfect for Dorothy. I am not sure if my problem was the character of Maggie or the pacing of her character. However, I think it was more the character. I do have Emily on my list to try with another story now.
Final Thoughts: Even though the characters did not work for me, the mystery was strong! I think it is worth a whirl if you are a cozy mystery fan.
caitkom's review against another edition
4.0
Maggie has just moved to Miami to start running the PI business her uncle left her when he died. She is ready with a PI license, but no idea where to start! She thinks she's set when a guy comes in and asks her to follow his cheating spouse, but things get very complicated when she finds him dead in his apartment! Maggie and her new assistant, Dorothy set off to find the killer while trying not to be killed themselves!
setaian's review against another edition
2.0
And adding to her troubles sexy cop
Yeah, this book was awful.
elenasquareeyes's review against another edition
1.0
I found the language and writing incredibly simple and full of awkward and cringe-worthy clichés. As I was reading it some sections reminded me of bad fanfiction (I will be the first to say there’s some amazing novel-length fanfiction out there but also some very paint-by-numbers stuff) in this instance Crime Wave was paint-by-numbers. One example of the not-great writing is: “It was hard to concentrate with Jake sitting beside me, especially when his manly scent kept tickling my nostrils.” Seriously?! Manly scent?! There was so many phrases that just made me roll my eyes.
There’s some moments in Crime Wave that should have been tense and exciting, for example when Maggie and Dorothy realise they are being followed by some big burly looking guys and they have to try and lose them, but the way it’s written makes it very bland. Also the way both Maggie and Dorothy act in these situations are often unbelievable.
Then there’s detective Jake Jackson. He’s working on the case of Maggie’s clients’ murder and he just seems to be everywhere! For a long time I thought it would be revealed that he was pretending to be a detective because he was being so creepy and stalker-ish. He would suddenly appear behind Maggie, obviously scaring her and he’d think it was funny. He would also look down on Maggie because she was someone who was new to being a PI (yes she wasn’t always that good at it and she was learning as she went along) and he wouldn’t leave her alone even when it seemed like she was uncomfortable or didn’t want his help. I did not like him at all and the way it tried to make him seem flirty made it even creepier.
Things just happened in Crime Wave, Maggie spent most of her time following people around and that managed to get her the answers most of the time. Also there was a lot of characters and suspects but you never really spent enough time with them for you to think they were shifty or who might be the bad guy. Maggie would ask them like three questions and then leave it. She wouldn’t keep pressing to find out what happened and in some ways, it wasn’t even her investigative skills that solved the case.
The writing in Crime Wave was simple and cliché, any moments of action weren’t exciting and the humour fell flat. I definitely won’t be continuing this series and I’m glad I only spent 99p on it on Kindle.
There’s some moments in Crime Wave that should have been tense and exciting, for example when Maggie and Dorothy realise they are being followed by some big burly looking guys and they have to try and lose them, but the way it’s written makes it very bland. Also the way both Maggie and Dorothy act in these situations are often unbelievable.
Then there’s detective Jake Jackson. He’s working on the case of Maggie’s clients’ murder and he just seems to be everywhere! For a long time I thought it would be revealed that he was pretending to be a detective because he was being so creepy and stalker-ish. He would suddenly appear behind Maggie, obviously scaring her and he’d think it was funny. He would also look down on Maggie because she was someone who was new to being a PI (yes she wasn’t always that good at it and she was learning as she went along) and he wouldn’t leave her alone even when it seemed like she was uncomfortable or didn’t want his help. I did not like him at all and the way it tried to make him seem flirty made it even creepier.
Things just happened in Crime Wave, Maggie spent most of her time following people around and that managed to get her the answers most of the time. Also there was a lot of characters and suspects but you never really spent enough time with them for you to think they were shifty or who might be the bad guy. Maggie would ask them like three questions and then leave it. She wouldn’t keep pressing to find out what happened and in some ways, it wasn’t even her investigative skills that solved the case.
The writing in Crime Wave was simple and cliché, any moments of action weren’t exciting and the humour fell flat. I definitely won’t be continuing this series and I’m glad I only spent 99p on it on Kindle.
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