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No queer people in space? Hmmm…

It’s really hard to read about people manhandling their dogs. If I didn’t like the series as much as I do, I’m not sure I’d keep reading…

Was the MC really fired? I think she was let go, since there was no cause…

Guy was apparently paying alimony for four years for a three year old child…

One of those mysteries where the actual professional police detective is struggling with the case and for some reason thinks a newly minted typist is exactly the person to help him crack it wide open…

You know, pinching is really shitty and it’s actually physical abuse, so I absolutely hate Maggie. I keep reading these books without actually liking many of any of the characters, but this is a real sticking point for me. Why does the author think this is cute or whatever?

I may have to DNF this over the way these people pander to the tyrannical three year old in this book. And the way this kid’s baby talk is written.

Holy over-explaining, Batman! And then they’ve added little drawings to show how four houses are lined up with each other. Which, of all the details in the book, seems pretty far down the list of what the reader must understand… And all the rehashing of events in past books via “as you know, Bob” conversations…

Good overall, but I’m finding the ghost plot thread awkward.

Ugh.

Started out strong and has gotten increasingly tedious as it goes along. Deciding now between DNFing and skimming to the end. The MMC just started playing the bagpipes on the beach at dawn, though, and that might be the final straw. Insufferable.

I would be enjoying this series more if I hadn’t felt so sure in the first and second books that Megan and Paul were going to end up together…

I’m overall really enjoying this series, but Daisy’s piss-poor attitude and sulking at the beginning of this book are very irritating.

The male MC is pretty chauvinistic, which is probably an authentic quality, given who he is, but not very appealing.

I really don’t know what to think of this book. I thought it was going to be a cozy mystery with an amateur sleuth, but it’s more of a romantic suspense, maybe? The book description is strange in that it’s basically a summary of the book up until the climax and gives away a lot of the plot points up front.

DNF

I just don’t know why this cop from Chicago sounds like a rancher from Wyoming…

I was already uncomfortable with the fat phobia in this book. Then came: “The woman at the register in the drug mart was old. Lucy felt sorry for her.” Um, what?

I think there’s a whole chapter misplaced?

Gosh, this is tedious and mediocre. Hard to believe I really enjoyed the first couple books in the series.

Oh, a racist “joke,” too. Bummed I bought most of the series in paperback.

So far we have some homophobia and the villainizing of someone with OCD. Also, who has “no time to get dressed” and ends up going out in a chinchilla coat with a nightgown underneath? If you have time to dig out the coat, you have time to throw on a dress.

Close to DNFign. The concept is interesting, but the writing is careless. I wish the author had sat with this project longer, maybe had more/better feedback and editing.

I don’t know if I can get past them referring to her group of friends as the “Girlz.”

Wow, this is tedious! And I don’t love the Evil Other Woman plot thread. Honestly not sure I’m going to finish.

Man, these guys are terrible cops.

Anal is not a good shorthand for analysis. Not even in the year 2060, I'm betting.

I want to know what the hell somebody with a "burnished copper complexion" actually looks like.

I'm not sure i can finish this. A character just ate brie and jam on a "tartin" (tartine, I'm guessing?) as an appetizer at a fancy cocktail party.