Customer Reviews

A is for Amnesia, B is for Bullet (Alex Cheradon Mysteries)

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I enjoyed Fruit Basket from Hell. I liked A is for Amnesia even better. It had a little less gore than the first book. Alex's assistant cracked me up. Jason Krumbine delivers again with his mix of wit and wackiness. Looking forward to book #3 to see what the author does with the crazy time travel sequences.

I confess I purchased this mostly due to its $2.99 download price; and because the book's description sounded like it would be an amusing light mystery. The story is more of a bizarre sci-fi than mystery; involving human cloning, and other concepts. But at the talking corpse out of the coffin point, I left it. The story is hard to follow. The author jumps to different and unrelated concepts, characters, and scenerios with no real flow or sense. Characters are brought into the story without giving the reader any idea of who they are, or how they relate. And the conversations between him and his assistant quickly passed from amusing to very annoying. I am an avid reader, I can read and enjoy about anything..but this one I could not finish.

I just finished A is for Amnesia, B is for Bullet, the second Alex Cheradon mystery. I really enjoyed the first in the series, Fruitbaskets From Hell and loved it. This second book was fine but I missed the humor that made the character....

Alex is on another couple of cases that has him time traveling with his sidekick, throw in the supernatural, some mob, and this story goes. Of course everything is ok by the end.

For those who enjoyed the first in the series, this one is worth buying for the entertainment, but it was lacking in the witty humor I loved from the first. I'll soon be reading the third in the series and will post my review on that one soon.

I enjoyed A is for Amnesia, B is for Bullet (for fans of Jasper Fforde and Dr. Who Alex Cheradon Mysteries). It was truly a fun read. I keep looking for more from this author.

The characters are quirky to say the least. Normally I can read anything but this book did not keep my interest. The subject matter is right up my alley but the main character is vapid and obnoxious to the point of frivolousness that taxes my nerves. I am giving it a two but by no means let me discourage anyone from downloading this book and trying it.