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Summary: what a let down
Review: I really LOVED her first book and couldn't wait for this one and it was a long wait - and not worth the time or money. This was poorly written with unpleasant and very unreal characters.The main character - Cassidy was so childish it was hard to believe she was actually in her 30's....what a twit. No wonder she gets no respect. There were lots of loose ends and no real development of characters or plot - which was easily figured out. It is hard to imagine that the same woman wrote both books.
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Summary: A real hit!
Review: I truly loved every single word of this beautifully written book. It was given to me for my birthday by my husband who knows I love a good mystery and baseball. This filled both needs in one sitting. I only wish it had been longer!!
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Summary: Baseball thriller, heroine with attitude
Review: Right now I'm a bit mad at April Smith. I started the book a few days ago, then stayed up until 3:30 in the morning to finish it. So this is definitely a page-turner. As a baseball fan, I enjoyed the descriptions of a scouting meeting and of spring training. The author obviously works hard at producing well-crafted prose; once in a while she reaches too far and produces an unintentional oxymoron. Example: when someone is massaging Cassidy's shoulders, they are like granite; she's been working under the kind of pressure that would liquefy stone. As other reviewers have mentioned, there are a couple of loose ends in the narrative (can anyone tell me how Nora knew where to find her father?). Back to Cassidy: if you don't like a heroine with an attitude, who is so driven that she habitually operates way out of bounds, and who has a drinking problem, then you won't like an April Smith book; both Cassidy and Ana, the heroine of North to Montana, April Smith's previous book, fit the description. Plus they are NOT into housekeeping and have pretty bad luck at relationships. Having said that, I'll confess that Cassidy kept coming in and out of focus for me. She seemed to be less sharply drawn than Ana. But even in those patches where Cassidy seems like a shadow, the plot kept me riveted. Do you like baseball? Like thrillers? Read it.
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Summary: No "second book blues" for April Smith
Review: There's no way it could as good as "North of Montana," right? Wrong! There's the same go-for-it-on-every-page intensity as her first book, plus sparkling writing and another great story. No spoilers from this reviewer, so just read it! It's like Sue Grafton on speed.
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Summary: Not The One for Me
Review: This book is one long annoying read. The tense, for one thing. Instead of, "she said, she saw" etc. it's (sometimes) written in present tense which is incredibly irritating. And the flashbacks are way, way, way overdone! Where are the editors for this kind of book? The tone is rambling, the characters shallow and unrealistic, and I really didn't care what happened to any one of them. Ugh. Don't bother.
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Summary: Not The One for Me
Review: This book is one long annoying read. The tense, for one thing. Instead of, "she said, she saw" etc. it's (sometimes) written in present tense which is incredibly irritating. And the flashbacks are way, way, way overdone! Where are the editors for this kind of book? The tone is rambling, the characters shallow and unrealistic, and I really didn't care what happened to any one of them. Ugh. Don't bother.
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Summary: A real hit!
Review: this was a very enjoyable book to read, one i have recommended to several friends. you dont have to love baseball to get the most out of it, but it helps. and as long as we don't read additional books with the only female scout in major league baseball falling into one murder mystery after another, this onetime story scenario rang true. i loved it
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Summary: nothing like a good mystery set in the world of baseballq
Review: this was a very enjoyable book to read, one i have recommended to several friends. you dont have to love baseball to get the most out of it, but it helps. and as long as we don't read additional books with the only female scout in major league baseball falling into one murder mystery after another, this onetime story scenario rang true. i loved it
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