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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
this one was sour...,
This review is from: Sour Puss (Mrs. Murphy Mysteries) (Hardcover)
The original charm of this series was the delightful camaraderie and interplay of the animals, amongst themselves and with their human companions. Harry as the heroine caught us all and we got swept up in the total life of Crozet from Big Mim to Pewter and every human and critter in between. This was especially so in using the display of the superior senses of the pets with the less discerning human senses, and how the animals' keen senses would play such a masterful part in the mystery and its solution. Especially if the reader, such as myself, has both a cat and a corgi in the family.
#12 in the series disappointed me very much. I felt it was getting away from the most attractive part of this series - the animals. (After all, doesn't Sneaky Pie help author these books?) I wondered at the time if I would even buy #13. And so did many of my friends. I am now sorry to say that I have just finished #13 and my worst fears were imagined. The whole first half of the book reads like a personal agenda that tried to belong to a storyline. Where were our beloved critters? - where was the full description we came to expect in the development of the characters and the interplay of the plot with the critters and their humans. I read these books to step out of reality for awhile and to enjoy a storyline and characters that grab my interest to the point I feel as if they lived in the next town over. If the author wanted to tell us how she has assessed current day concerns and what her resolutions might be, she should have written a book to that effect. I will be checking the reviews before I purchase #14, if there is one.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Sour Puss,
By Corgi Fan (Wallace, KS USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sour Puss (Mrs. Murphy Mysteries) (Hardcover)
Rita Mae Brown's characters are always a treat, and I look forward to each new book. But unfortunately, this one, was a a sour treatment. Too much techie information about grape growing and wineries, and not enough info about the wonderful characters and the usual antics of Mrs. Murphy, Tucker, Pewter and the horses. I have all of Ms. Brown's other books, and have loved them and re-read them often. This one, which sounded really interesting from the advance reviews and jacket info, just fell flat. A real disappointment.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Bad enough I won't buy another,
This review is from: Sour Puss (Mrs. Murphy Mysteries (Hardcover)) (Hardcover)
I am a Rita Mae Brown fan and have been from her early novels on. I own and have read all of the "Mrs. Murphy" Mystery series. This book is awful. I can't believe she wrote it. I had to force myself to finish it. Characters did things that didn't work. The writing was just plain bad. Technical facts about wine and grapes and terrorism and you name it are thrown together and not wrapped in much story. Even the dialog is flat. I've enjoyed every topic Ms. Brown has tackled in the past because of her excellent writing so I concluded she is either ill, has writer's block, or had a crazy deadline that stopped the creative juices. Read any of the other books in the series, but don't bother with this one.
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