If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him

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Summary: Dolphins are not McCrumb's strong suit!!!
Review: To be perfectly honest I just couldn't get past the thing with the dolphin. I thought it was sick, twisted, and unworthy of a writer of Sharyn McCrumb's caliber. I have read every single one of McCrumb's books, all three series and while If I'd Killed Him... was undeniably funny and had some very valid things to say the dolphin's final scene just ruined it for me. Maybe I'm more puritan than I'd like to think but the only thing I could think of after I finished the book (besides "eeewwww! GROSS!) was that anyone who would devalue humans as much as that character did deserved what happened to her. I'm happy to say that this is the ONLY one of McCrumb's books I've ever been turned off by and I'm glad she seems to be concentrating all her writing energy on her ballad books. They are like jeweled treasures and this book was a piece of plastic compared to them.

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Summary: site is my home town, danville, va. especially appealing.
Review: Very entertaining. Excellent read and very humorous! I have read 10 of her books, plus currently on #11 ("Missing Susan"). I have also read all of Patricia Cornwell and Sue Grafton and lots of Tami Hoag. McCrumb is right there plus bonus of humor. I love the characters, the history, local settings, etc. Would love to see a third novel set in Danville. McCrumb has lots of different series of events going, bring us back to Danville. She also recently attended a booksigning here, sorry i missed it (vacation). Please come back! I work at the largest used bookstore in a 50 mile radius of Danville. We can not keep any of here books. They sell right away.........Otherwise we have hugh selections...