stalman

Wow. Well, Fluke has opted to join the ranks of cliffhanger endings. And what a twist! I'm thinking more about the possibilities from that ending than I am of the rest of the book! A lot of repetition in the writing--and not just same phrases from the series but within the same book. Some things explained more than once. Some things said over and over. A couple of parts that felt like personal opinions inserted and coming out of characters' mouths. (Though I tend to do that in my fiction writing, so I'm not judging too harshly.) I actually figured out the whole case in the first 50 pages, which was 50 pages before the murder actually took place. Can't wait to try some of the recipes. And this was my first Hannah Swensen NOT in audio. Funny, though--I still heard the narrator's voices and inflections and everything. Though I don't dislike the narrator, I also see that I enjoyed the print a bit more being able to put my own voices to the characters (so that they were less annoying). Plus, I think I read this in ~2 less hours than the audio would have taken me!

2020-09-18 11:00