Book 5, 2016
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chez_jaeI spent two evenings reading an ebook novella, Depawsit Slip by Nancy C Davis. It is the first installment in the "Vanessa Abbot" cozy cat mystery series.
Vanessa owns and runs the Cat Protection League, which basically means she's a glorified crazy cat lady. When taking her shop's deposit to the bank one afternoon, she and a group of townsfolk are distracted by an accident outside. Inside, one of the observers drops dead at the others' feet with a knife sticking out of his back. Now that Vanessa is a suspect, she wants to clear her name and figure out who dunnit.
The writing wasn't bad...FOR A TWELVE YEAR-OLD. I got this ebook for free, which is the only good thing I have to say about it. Had I paid for this dreck, I would have been appalled. What was wrong with it? Let's see...
- The writing was overly simplistic. We can haz editing, please?
- If one person in a group of 5 drops dead with a knife sticking out of his back, I should think a simple fingerprint test would pinpoint the killer.
- If the person is face down with a knife sticking out of his back, how did the doctor try to perform CPR?
- The detective in charge of investigating is not, repeat NOT, going to ask a citizen (Vanessa) to "help with the investigation". OMG
- Vanessa talked to her cats, which is not a bad thing. I talk to mine, too. However, I don't carry on one-sided conversations all while being able to "hear their thoughts". If the author wanted that to be a Thing, she should have gone whole-hog paranormal. Instead, her character just came across as a crazy cat lady with the emphasis on crazy.
- It seems that everyone in town knew the victim was running an illegal gambling ring. Everyone except the police, that is. Seriously?
That's just what I can recall off-hand. I rolled my eyes all through this. Blah. I even had trouble coming up with a favorite line, BECAUSE THERE WERE NONE.
Favorite line: I'm just a weird old cat lady. True, that.
One out of five:
♦
Vanessa owns and runs the Cat Protection League, which basically means she's a glorified crazy cat lady. When taking her shop's deposit to the bank one afternoon, she and a group of townsfolk are distracted by an accident outside. Inside, one of the observers drops dead at the others' feet with a knife sticking out of his back. Now that Vanessa is a suspect, she wants to clear her name and figure out who dunnit.
The writing wasn't bad...FOR A TWELVE YEAR-OLD. I got this ebook for free, which is the only good thing I have to say about it. Had I paid for this dreck, I would have been appalled. What was wrong with it? Let's see...
- The writing was overly simplistic. We can haz editing, please?
- If one person in a group of 5 drops dead with a knife sticking out of his back, I should think a simple fingerprint test would pinpoint the killer.
- If the person is face down with a knife sticking out of his back, how did the doctor try to perform CPR?
- The detective in charge of investigating is not, repeat NOT, going to ask a citizen (Vanessa) to "help with the investigation". OMG
- Vanessa talked to her cats, which is not a bad thing. I talk to mine, too. However, I don't carry on one-sided conversations all while being able to "hear their thoughts". If the author wanted that to be a Thing, she should have gone whole-hog paranormal. Instead, her character just came across as a crazy cat lady with the emphasis on crazy.
- It seems that everyone in town knew the victim was running an illegal gambling ring. Everyone except the police, that is. Seriously?
That's just what I can recall off-hand. I rolled my eyes all through this. Blah. I even had trouble coming up with a favorite line, BECAUSE THERE WERE NONE.
Favorite line: I'm just a weird old cat lady. True, that.
One out of five:
♦
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