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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Factual errors spoil clever mystery,
This review is from: Spiced To Death: A Culinary Mystery (Culinary Mysteries) (Paperback)
This book is aimed at "foodies", those of us who love good food, good wine, and good dining. Unfortunately for Mr. King, foodies also love authenticity. He calls Hunan Province an island, thinks hot rice cake soup is uncommon and new, (we've eaten in for years in St. Louis as Sizzling Rice soup), and thinks that an American serving a prison sentence could run for President of the U.S. Mr. King's writing is pleasant, but he needs an editor!!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A decent read, but enough already with the hormones!,
This review is from: Spiced To Death: A Culinary Mystery (Culinary Mysteries) (Paperback)
I enjoyed Peter King's first installment of this series, The Gourmet Detective, and thought little of our hero's seemingly misplaced flirtations during the course of that mystery, but in Spiced to Death it appears that the Gourmet Detective's libido is in overdrive. In the midst of an interesting case, our detective seems to be unable to resist coming on to every female that crosses his path - and he seems terribly confident that each one will be pleased with his overtures and respond in kind. Maybe I'm annoyed that we still don't have a name for this detective, a writing device that's more bothersome than compelling. Truthfully, I enjoy reading culinary mysteries a great deal, and I'm very impressed with King's series so far as it give a lot of detail and he is able to create an atmosphere in each scene. I'm just not as sympathetic to our hero as I feel I should be. Overall, Spiced to Death is a fairly good book. I love the food references and descriptions; I'm amazed, too, that the characters can function after so much wine and liquor with each meal. It's not a page turner, though. And, if you don't like self-involved people, you may have little tolerance for the Gourmet Detective (hey, Peter King! Give this guy a name!).
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
A Very Slow Read,
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This review is from: Spiced To Death: A Culinary Mystery (Culinary Mysteries) (Paperback)
I had read the first book in this series and found it likeable. This one however, was very slow to read. I got tired of the unnamed detective coming on to every women he met. Some of the food descriptions were quite interesting. The visit to Dr. Li seemed almost paranormal. By the time I got to the end of this book I couldn't remember reading about the murderer until near the end of the book. I decided to go back & read the book again to see if this was the case. However, it was so slow to read, I decided it wasn't worth it. I just didn't care. I wouldn't read another book in this series.
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