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vireogirl's review
2.0
Liked her other one better. More fixated on guys and more innuendos. And silly phrases that look literal but maybe aren’t supposed to be, like this, “My heart raced and my hand shook so hard the milk in my glass turned to butter.”
additionaddiction's review
4.0
I came for the crepe recipes, I stayed for the murder-mystery. I stumbled across this book while googling recipes for “Palatschinkes” which is what we always called crepes when I was a kid. That word was taught to us by our PA Dutch grandmother, although I’m not sure how universal that term actually is.
Anyway, going into the story, I hadn’t realized this was book 9 (of 20) in a series. I don’t think missing the first 8 affected my understanding of the story though. I may have missed out on the backstory / personalities of some of the characters but overall I think this works fine as a stand-alone book.
I thought the story was fun, but the characters were all a bit too goofy, in a slightly cartoon-like way. The best comparison I can think of is A Confederacy of Dunces. Not that I’m comparing the two books, merely the not-quite-grounded-in-reality composition of the characters, and to a lesser sense, the plot. The book was still enjoyable, but everything that happened seemed way too convenient, and almost coincidental. It felt like the protagonist, Magdalena, was stumbling directly from one plot point to the next without much planning or effort.
Still, I did enjoy this book. Growing up with a lot of Pennsylvania Dutch heritage, I enjoyed many of the references. I also love a good pun, so I may check out a few more books in the series.
Anyway, going into the story, I hadn’t realized this was book 9 (of 20) in a series. I don’t think missing the first 8 affected my understanding of the story though. I may have missed out on the backstory / personalities of some of the characters but overall I think this works fine as a stand-alone book.
I thought the story was fun, but the characters were all a bit too goofy, in a slightly cartoon-like way. The best comparison I can think of is A Confederacy of Dunces. Not that I’m comparing the two books, merely the not-quite-grounded-in-reality composition of the characters, and to a lesser sense, the plot. The book was still enjoyable, but everything that happened seemed way too convenient, and almost coincidental. It felt like the protagonist, Magdalena, was stumbling directly from one plot point to the next without much planning or effort.
Still, I did enjoy this book. Growing up with a lot of Pennsylvania Dutch heritage, I enjoyed many of the references. I also love a good pun, so I may check out a few more books in the series.
vhp's review
1.0
A mystery in Amish country. I thought this book was stupid. Dry wit and somewhat childish.
nimrodiel's review
2.0
I don't think that I'm the target audience for this series. It's a cozy mystery, which I love usually. It includes food in the mystery, which I usually love. But I never really connected with the main character. She seemed a little one dimensional to me.
I did finish this on my daily commute, but I won't be looking for any more books in the series.
I did finish this on my daily commute, but I won't be looking for any more books in the series.
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