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Do Not Go Gently: A Starletta Duvall Mystery
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First published February 1, 2012
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Judith Smith-Levin
7 books17 followersJUDITH SMITH-LEVIN was born in Chicago and has been, at various times, a model, disc jockey, secretary, newspaper reporter, television line producer, and bookstore owner. She has also made history as the first uniformed female patrol officer in the city of Worcester, Massachusetts.
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May 29, 2018
Likable characters, goofy ending, everyone's oversexed
Published in 1996
First the positives:
-likeable characters.
-Do Not Go Gently is well-written, in that it was easy to follow and the characters stayed true all of the way through.
Now, the negatives:
-the ending has such a plot twist that you might as well have had Darth Vader or Charles Manson committing all of the murders - there were as many clues pointing to them as there were to the killer. Really, this comes so far out of left field that no one will see it coming - and I felt like I was the victim of some bad practical joke.
-The killer's motive is so bizarre and he has gone to such lengths to follow through with his plan that one would think that he would have actually ended up in an asylum long before he is sprung upon the reader as the Surprise! real killer.
-EVERY character is constantly thinking about sex - it seems that it's all they talk about and all they think about. It's a wonder the murder got solved.
I understand that this is the first of a series - I will not be reading the rest. My copy of this book will quickly be finding its way to a used book store.
Published in 1996
First the positives:
-likeable characters.
-Do Not Go Gently is well-written, in that it was easy to follow and the characters stayed true all of the way through.
Now, the negatives:
-the ending has such a plot twist that you might as well have had Darth Vader or Charles Manson committing all of the murders - there were as many clues pointing to them as there were to the killer. Really, this comes so far out of left field that no one will see it coming - and I felt like I was the victim of some bad practical joke.
-The killer's motive is so bizarre and he has gone to such lengths to follow through with his plan that one would think that he would have actually ended up in an asylum long before he is sprung upon the reader as the Surprise! real killer.
-EVERY character is constantly thinking about sex - it seems that it's all they talk about and all they think about. It's a wonder the murder got solved.
I understand that this is the first of a series - I will not be reading the rest. My copy of this book will quickly be finding its way to a used book store.
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