Kitty

A witty plot, but I had a lot of trouble suspending the disbelief. Why on earth does she not listen to what he says? The direction she takes makes little sense.

Veel suspense, weinig verhaal.

That's it. It was a nice read, but too fantastic for me. I am reading no more Brandon Sanderson.

Great writing style. Witty. Fast composition.

Donna Leon gets a steady four stars. This is a pretty simple story. I just love her characters.

Took too many pages and that world is pretty weird. Yet I do like the simplicity of Good and Bad in these knightly tales and Kaladin is a loveable heroe.

Well written but a weird story. Not overly sympathetic.

Leest heerlijk weg. Knap om hier een feel good boek van te maken, ik snap dat het verfilmd wordt. Tikje te rooskleurig, dat gezin. Vandaar dat het een hit kon worden.

A real thriller. Bit too nasty and exciting for my taste, but in its kind it deserves 4 stars.

Interesting, but repetetive in the end. Loved the first half, then it became homework. Abandoned at 3/4.

Just effing goed. Holy moly.

Not as good as the first one, but still very witty and pretty emancipating. A sweet fairytale. Wish it were that easy.

Interesse verloren op een-derde. Ik ben het eens met zijn cultuurpessimisme, en zijn hekel aan massatoerisme, maar het boek heeft niet genoeg vaart en plot om die kritiek in steeds andere bewoordingen te willen herlezen. En op een-derde zou ik toch wel gepakt moeten zijn. Het is een ideeënboek, met flat characters en een mix van stijlen - essay, roman, persiflage - met vreemde misstappen. Het doet soms briljant en dan weer knullig aan. Kortom: een boek dat lijkt op een doorsnee Nederlandse film - er zit vanalles in aan kwaliteit, maar ja, het is het toch net niet.

A few women's lives, all connecting in the end. The book is all about female selftalk, families - parents - children and the things we keep secret from one another. One of those books that you like, but keep as a secret from your highly educated friends ;-)

A light read. Nice characters.

Sweet, but too sweet. And rather slow and full of repetition. I finished it nonetheless. I needed a slow book ;-)

Stopped reading halfway through. I was still waiting for the book to come to a point. I can see where it was going, but the narrative was too simple and too predictable. Plus I did not like the artificial style in which the writer adresses the listener.

Nice book. Not as good as the first about Hawthorne, but better than many detectivs. You do like Hawthorne more than you like the author, which is a nice trick. The stabs at the publishing biz are fun too.

But did I sleep right through a part of this audiobook and not notice, or is there no answer to why the hacking teenager was doing it?

I never read a book by Horowitz because I did not like his name 😂
I was proven wrong, yet again.

It's very meta: it's about a detective-writer writing a book while everything is happening, it's smart, well written, it has nice set of characters, no Harlan-Coben-type-violence or gruelling grizzle, a cozy really, and a good plot. (The only weak point being: whyever would the murderer expect the son to go home? That's no spoiler).

Interesting, multi layered plot, well written, quality never sags. Nice cast of characters. All in all, pretty addictive.

A great light, retro-historical cozy. Anachronistic and improbable as this series about the first female attorny may be, I love it. The plot outcome is a little unbelievable too, but all that's a given in a light read like this. It's a warm and loving tale. Very much written forcwomen, too.

Very unusual. Interesting. Need to start with #1 in the series to try and get whathe is doing - the author,

From Petrie's 4 Peter Ash books so far this one is the least compelling. It is only action. I like his other books because the story is interesting, the steady crew - Peter, Lewis, June - are a nice bunch, the relationship between Ash and June is developing and the writing is crisp and clear. This one I read because I am hooked.

Not the best in the series.

A great disappointment. How can a writer who is so witty and concise in Major Pettigrew be so long winded and predictable in her second book? I am afraid she took on too huge a task. Pettigrew was a much smaller tale, with way fewer characters, and it was not a historical novel, either. I hope the next book is smaller in scale, less like Jane Austen and more 2019.

A delightful light read with serious undertones. The major is a fun, conservative character with a warm heart who takes a long time to stand up for who he believes in ;-) But all is well in the end, discrimination and peer group pressure notwithstanding.

In the vein of Alexander McCall Smith, but a bit more substantial.

I especially love the way Simonson draws the relationship between father and son. Bittersweet.