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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent character study...,
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This review is from: Requiem at the Refuge: A Sister Mary Helen Mystery (Sister Mary Helen Mysteries) (Hardcover)
I've read all of the Sr. Mary Helen mysteries and enjoyed this one the most. The mystery was a little bit too obvious (i pretty much figured it out half way through) but the story was enjoyable and i really learned more about the main characters than in any of the other books (esp. Sr. Ann). The only character that i really missed was Sr. Eileen and im hoping that she'll be in the next book. I'm looking forward to the next installment in this series
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice quiet read,
By Coastie "PPSB" (SA, TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Requiem at the Refuge: A Sister Mary Helen Mystery (Sister Mary Helen Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)
I look at books like this as palate cleaners, they're nice little reads that require little thought or effort and they can be read in a few hours. I have always enjoyed Sister Mary Helen stories because they are written by a retired nun who resides in SF and having lived there it's nice to read references to places I know as she gives a lot of detail to locations. This story involves the murder of a young prositute who's body is of course discovered by Sister Mary Helen on her second day working at a homeless womens refuge operated by a younger nun in her order. There are a couple of possible suspects and I do find it humerous that Sister Carol Anne O'Marie writes of a world that must be a little foreign to her even if she has worked in the Tenderloin it's still observations and not "having lived the life". I like these little stories and if you're looking for a light harmless read you could do a lot worse than this series. If you like gory or mind twisting mysteries then pass on this book.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good, But....,
By A Customer
This review is from: Requiem at the Refuge: A Sister Mary Helen Mystery (Sister Mary Helen Mysteries) (Hardcover)
I've been reading this series since the beginning and I've always enjoyed it. This installement is no exception. However, I was very bothered by one thing . The way the African-American characters talked. I'm African-American and I've never heard other African-Americans sound as ignorant as the characters in this book. Just because someone is black, poor, and homeless doesn't mean they automatically have to say such things as "I be" , "you be", and "whats a matter?" Maybe if one or two characters talked this way I wouldn't have been as bothered but they all talked like this. Otherwise, I enjoyed the book.
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