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tracey_stewart's review against another edition
3.0
One of the ones I’d missed was Dark Tort (about lawyers, and also cake – puns are de rigeur in cozies’ titles), which is what I’m reading now… NOT one of the better ones. I think in the whole of FF DMD managed to avoid one little quirk of hers which appears in nearly every other book, which always makes me roll my eyes so hard I’m afraid they’ll get stuck. In Dark Tort (Goldy Culinary Mysteries, Book 13), it’s: “My mouth watered as I placed the potato puff on a plate. With the first bite, I almost swooned.” She “almost swoons” a lot. Don’t get me wrong – I plan on making the potato puffs. I just gag a little every time she “almost swoons”.
Reading about writing has made me much more aware of how characters are described. DMD’s Goldy books are also first-person, and Goldy … looks in mirrors now and then. Oh dear. The writing in these really does vary wildly in quality. This one … Um. Waitaminnit – there’s no recipe for the potato puffs?
This one sucks.
Reading about writing has made me much more aware of how characters are described. DMD’s Goldy books are also first-person, and Goldy … looks in mirrors now and then. Oh dear. The writing in these really does vary wildly in quality. This one … Um. Waitaminnit – there’s no recipe for the potato puffs?
This one sucks.
seed193's review against another edition
4.0
Not the page-turner like Davidson's other books, but enjoyable nonetheless.
feliciar33ds's review against another edition
2.0
"You should not face the world if you're unable to give to the world."
-mediocre - this series has lost its luster.
-mediocre - this series has lost its luster.
princessleia4life's review against another edition
3.0
Goody was so dense in this taking everything literal. It was very annoying.
jesstootired's review against another edition
3.0
A fun read and a bit lighter than the previous one, which dealt with the issues with the ex-husband.
blue_eucalyptus's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
alexlc's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
suzze's review
2.0
I'm beginning to think this series has lost it for me. This one just seemed to plod along. I have the next one, Sweet Revenge" on the TBR, but if it isn't good, I may give this series up.
smiley7245's review against another edition
3.0
I like this series, but this was just okay. The ending was a bit convoluted; Nora kills three people to keep the secret that her dad is a thief and save her marriage and tries to kill a 4th because of a secret that may or may not be in her trash. Yeah, Goldy found a pencil image (the kind you would use to find a hidden message, or uncover what was written on the previous page) in the trash showing that Donald wants to get a divorce and Nora is conveniently there with a rope to strangle and drag her to the pond. Well, it turns out Dusty, the girl who died and started this whole mess at the beginning of the book, discovered that her uncle, Richard was stealing from renowned painter, recently deceased from a fall down his stairs (because he was frail from the cancer, or so we thought). Dusty was also having an affair with Donald, husband of the killer. Turns out Nora killed an old woman because that old woman told Charlie the truth about her father and his sticky fingers, so she ran her over. Then, she sunk into Charlie's house and pushed him down the stairs. It was a lot to follow. Despite that, I will be continuing with the rest of this series. I really like Goldy and Tom, and hope to continue to see more of Julian.