WhickedWhich

Solid Sanford Work

Revisado: 05-01-23

All of the negative reviews gave me pause before my purchase, but having consumed all of Sandford’s other works I moved ahead. Good-not-fabulous thriller that kept me engaged. I certainly don’t understand all the shade being cast on the narrator whose crime, as near as I can tell, is that he’s not Richard Ferrone. It was worth the credit in my view.

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Goldilocks Would Love It!

Revisado: 03-09-22

Remember when Goldilocks was doing B&E on the Bears’ house looking for “not too ____”? She would have found it with this series - I certainly did. It pushes the “cozy” button without being too soft and syrupy, the characters are believable, the mystery in each book blends well with the overall series story arc (rather than serving as backdrop, which seems way too common these days). The thinly veiled reference to the Biltmore Estate is a really nice touch and handled well. Was sorry to see an ending, but even that was skillfully done. The dialogue could have been a touch more in tune with the area of the country, but I’m really reaching when I’m ticking that off as a “could be better”. Awesome series, and will be exploring more of this author’s work.

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Another winner!

Revisado: 04-05-18

Kellerman's ability to describe characters, surroundings, and situations is unequaled, in my opinion it's as much fine craftsmanship as the guitars his character Robin creates in her studio. John Rubenstein's narration is not only outstanding, but after all this time, it's flat necessary. This production, as the others before, makes me healthier. I'm on the elliptical at the gym more frequently and I'm taking more walks. I blazed through it in days and now have to content myself with other authors' works until the next release, when the cycle will repeat.

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This was fun!

Revisado: 04-05-18

Perfect light listen to help me forget I'm exercising. Had not seen/heard any of this author's work before, glad that Audible nudged me here. The family reminded me just a bit of Lisa Lutz's wacky Spellman family (which was a plus). And it's about dogs, so that makes it pretty darn fine out of the gate. I enjoyed. I want more. Yeah, the narrator kinda blew it on the Eydie pronunciation, and I'm unfortunately old enough to notice, but beyond that, she was great for the characters. Going to explore more of this author whilst waiting for the next in this series.

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Pleasantly Surprised

Revisado: 11-16-17

I ended up with this book from Audible recommendations based on my previous blah-blah-blah, a path I seldom take. This was a remarkably good first effort. I dinged the story one star just because of a few instances where it felt more like she was trying to make a word target, but maybe that's a tad nitpicky on my part. The narration was outstanding. I've been yearning for good Irish mysteries since the days of the much-missed Andrew Greeley, and I'm looking forward to more of the O'Sullivan Six.

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Excellent-as usual!

Revisado: 07-25-17

My challenge - waiting months and months for the next installment, then devouring the listen in a matter of days. Keep on, Mr Rosenfelt, keep on.

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If You Hate Change, Listen Anyway

Revisado: 04-23-17

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I waited over two years before giving this a listen. I'm completely unfair to most authors of series novels - I allow them some minute character development and growth book-to-book, but for the most part I like to come back to "familiar" - it's why I've been such a fan of Ms Kellerman's (and her husband's) books over the years. When I saw in the synopsis that Decker had retired to New York and cold and snow (without consulting me!), I couldn't bring myself to spend the credit - until now. Ms Kellerman took a leap, and she did it well. We get a whole cast of newbies along with weaving in some old friends, and she hasn't lost her ability to tell the tale. Now I've got some catching up to do!

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Moving On

Revisado: 04-23-17

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Dear Miss Lily - I'm leaving you. I'm moving on, because you can't seem to do so. The first book left me at "enjoyable, but dang, this woman has issues". Book two left me at "she really needs to let this stuff go". Book three left me completely worn out from sitting through therapy sessions that I'm not getting paid to do, nor do I get the opportunity to interact. It's sad - your author has created some fun and interesting characters who inevitably circle back to telling you to get over yourself, pull yourself up, and get back to your badass self. Which you don't do. And then I get to listen to why. I can appreciate that writing can be therapeutic, even cathartic. That's your own journey. We, the public, burning a credit for a little escapism, would appreciate a little more misadventure and a whole lot less personal angst. My best to you, darlin' - but we're done.

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Summary a tad misleading?

Revisado: 02-04-17

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Struggling with how to review this book. I think it was overall well written (though the protagonists seem to get away with offing bad people with little scrutiny), and the narration was quite good. From the reviews and the summary, though, I was expecting something a little lighter. While I get that there's nothing light at all about child sex trafficking, I had it in my head that the characters were going to banter more, be more playful (or at least playfully caustic), just something more to counteract the seriousness of the plot line. It never happened. Wasn't a bad read/listen, I just personally need more escapism from the evils of the world that the author tackles in her plot line. Ambivalent as to picking up the (presumed) next in the series.

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New Narrator - Deal With It!

Revisado: 01-04-16

I was bemused by all the wailing and gnashing of teeth because Ron McClarty wasn't doing the narration this time around. It took a few chapters to adjust, but I was quickly engrossed in the story (last I checked, the author had not changed). I tend to manufacture opportunities for 30 minutes or so of listen-time when I'm really enjoying a book, and I flew through this one. Enjoy!

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