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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun start to a new series,
By Mark Baker (Santa Clarita, CA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Nursery Crimes (Mommy-track) (Mass Market Paperback)
Juliet Applebaum is at loose ends in her life. After her daughter Ruby was born, she decided to put her career as a public defender on hold because she wasn't giving enough to either her career or her family. Yet she's restless spending all her time at home with her two year old daughter.Trying to get Ruby into the best nursery school in Los Angeles doesn't go well. But that night the founder, Abigail Hathaway, is run down by a car. Juliet is positive she knows who the killer is. But when she starts investigating, she finds that it might not be as simple a case as she thought. Does she still remember enough of her training to successfully build a case against the killer? I enjoyed this debut novel. Juliet is a likable heroine who struggles with her desire to do what's best for her daughter and soon to be born son and the desire to continue a job she loves. Occasionally, she borders on whining, but she also knows she's made the right choice for now. The plotting was good, although I felt Juliet was a little dumber then need be at the end. Still, I only saw the ending coming a few pages before she did. I'm definitely going to continue to check in on this family and see where they go from here. Ayelet Waldman has the potential for a great series with these characters.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Working Pregnant Woman Wanted Juliet to Stop Whining Already,
By A Customer
This review is from: Nursery Crimes (Mommy-track) (Mass Market Paperback)
As I am a big mystery fan and almost 9 months pregnant with a toddler at home, I was really happy to bump into this novel. Until I started to actually read it. Juliet is a horrible whiner, her child is an incredible brat, and her husband is almost like wallpaper, just there for background. The solution is obvious, and even so, Juliet still doesn't solve the crime so much as bump into the solution by accident. While she bumbles around, the reader has to listen to her complain about everything she encounters, most annoyingly her weight, which is described as a "leviathon" 170 pounds (yeah, right -- the woman is about to deliver!), and her struggles with being a stay at home Mom. She manages to insult both stay at home moms and working Moms while she's at it, which is quite a trick. And if this isn't bad enough, she is a primer for bad parenting. (My personal favorite parenting moment was when she tried to "persuade" her toddler that she wanted a big girl bed. Anyone who has ever had a toddler knows that way lies madness.)
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A mystery starring an endearing stay at home mom -what fun!,
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This review is from: Nursery Crimes (Mommy-track) (Mass Market Paperback)
I read this one in a single gulp and had a blast doing so. Author Ayelet Waldman has created a wonderful new sleuth in Juliet, a stay at home mom with a toddler, a woman dying to go back to work - until she becomes pregnant with her second child and her career plans are put on hold. Resigned to staying at home, Juliet is less than perfect on the domestic front, finding life with a toddler hard to take at times. As Juliet herself says, " I wasn't any June Cleaver. I did all the things mothers aren't supposed to do. I yelled. I was sarcastic. I let her watch TV". Clearly, Juliet needs an outlet besides mothering. Then Juliet's daughter, Rudy ("half adorable..angel, half street urchin from hell") fails to ace the admissions interview at the Heart's Song school. Shortly afterwards, the principal of the school killed and Juliet has a new mission - she decides to solve the crime. The details are what set this book apart from the average mystery - Juliet's frustration living among overly ambitious parents striving to get their toddlers into the best schools, her difficulty balancing her desire for a career with her decision to stay home and her humorous attempts to solve a crime without alienating every "suspect" ( in other words, she isn't the most tactful detective). Waldman catches the subtle nuances of suburban life (albeit suburban Hollywood life) perfectly. I hope to see more from this new author and am looking forward to getting her next book, The Big Nap.
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