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Summary: Interestsing, but found her a little biased against LDS
Review: I love all of Ms Kijewski's books but I did find her a little hard on the Mormons in this particular book. Having spent the first 20 of my 50+ yrs as a Mormon, most of the things she talks about I have never been exposed too, especially about the men being Gods and having their own Heaven, where did that come from?? First of all, after leaving the Church, my family and friends were sad of course as they would be in any religion, but have always stood by and supported me in whatever I chose to do in life, and still do. As a Mormon female, we were always encouraged to obtain higher education, and strive to be the best at what we do. Don't know what type of Mormons she knew but goodness, you make them out to be worse than some other religions I won't name out of respect. Yes, we were discouraged from smoking and drinking caffinated drinks, but it was our choice to make weather we did or not, because, as we all know now, it's bad for you. OTHER WISE THE PREMISE OF THE BOOK WAS A GOOD ONE AS HER'S ALWAYS ARE. Looking forward to reading the next ones.
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Summary: Disappointed!
Review: I love Kat Kolorado and I've loved reading her adventures especially since I've never been to the southwest and I thought I was learning important info on the area. Now though, I find myself unable to trust anything Ms Kijewski writes about because of the poor research that went into writing Alley Kat Blues. The Latter-Day Saints she describes in her book must come from a different planet because I certainly have never met any like that. And I should know, I am one. It's a shame, really because her stories are very good, but I like a basis of truth even in fiction. I don't know for sure if it was poor research or a personal vendetta against Mormons, but you cannot trust to read the truth in Ms. Kijewski's books. Too bad...
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I recently "discovered" Kat Colorado and for the first few books was impressed, but this one is sadly lacking. A little too predictable, and badly damaged by the author's misinformation about the Mormon Church. She recycles every silly myth published in the dime-novel dreadfuls of the 1880s and leaves one wondering if she's ever met any real live Latter-day Saints. Sad, considering that in plot context, she could have invented a fictional cult instead of maligning a major Christian church with 5 million members in the US and Canada alone.One of the things that drew me to Kat was her sense of ethics. Many Mormons might agree with this and like the character, until this book, where her anti-religious bigotry shows in unfounded accusations of bigotry against religion (she continues this unfortunate development in "Stray Kat Waltz"). Too bad. A major loss to the underpopulated woman detective genre.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I recently "discovered" Kat Colorado and for the first few books was impressed, but this one is sadly lacking. A little too predictable, and badly damaged by the author's misinformation about the Mormon Church. She recycles every silly myth published in the dime-novel dreadfuls of the 1880s and leaves one wondering if she's ever met any real live Latter-day Saints. Sad, considering that in plot context, she could have invented a fictional cult instead of maligning a major Christian church with 5 million members in the US and Canada alone. One of the things that drew me to Kat was her sense of ethics. Many Mormons might agree with this and like the character, until this book, where her anti-religious bigotry shows in unfounded accusations of bigotry against religion (she continues this unfortunate development in "Stray Kat Waltz"). Too bad. A major loss to the underpopulated woman detective genre.
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Summary: Religious Bias Offensive
Review: I've enjoyed Kijewski in the past but found this book offensive. She had a poor mastery of the facts regarding the Mormon religion, and made no attempt to mask her distaste for all things religious. While I can usually get around this in most authors, her particularly venomous attacks were distasteful and distracting. I had to put the book down.
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Summary: More than a mystery
Review: I've read almost all of Kijewski's books and this is my favorite so far. There's a lot going on here -Kat is having personal as well as professional problems. Her boyfriend, Hank, is distant and preoccupied and Kat has been jittery about the relationship all along. I didn't put this book down until I finished it. I hope all readers found this book as absorbing as I did.
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Summary: Very Sad
Review: Karen and I and a couple others were in a writers group together shortly before she sold her first Kat Colorado book. We all adored her. She's a wonderful person with a great sense of humor. I'm LDS (Mormon) and a few weeks or so before this book came out she called me to tell me the book was a bit prejudiced against Mormons. She was concerned I wouldn't like it. I told her she was certainly entitled to her opinion, but I was very surprised that knowing I am LDS she'd never asked me anything about my faith while writing the book, at least not that I recall (we had stopped our writer's group before this time). When I read it, I was so shocked I couldn't believe she wrote it. I wrote her a two page letter expressing my feelings and how I felt so very hurt she never asked me about my beliefs and how everything she wrote was untrue! She never spoke to me again and for years I felt so sad when I thought of her. However, she is still a great writer and someone I still wish I could call friend. Don't be too hard on her for this book, just read the others if you are offended (as I was) in reading this one. :) She truly is an excellent writer and I'd love to read more.
-pam
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Summary: Kijewski never disappoints...
Review: Karen Kijewski never fails to entertain me with gutsy, bold characters confronting too-true situations. Patricia Cornwell she is not, but an interesting read nonetheless. Kat Colorado's spunk keeps me coming back for more, eagerly searching for Kat's latest 'project', anxiously awaiting the day when all ends well, and of course, it never does. 'Alley Cat Blues' is set in the familiar stomping grounds of Kat and her sometimes boyfriend, Hank. While Hank, a gritty but soft-hearted cop,is preoccupied with a Las Vegas skirt and a series of murders, Kat desperately tries solve her own hit-and-run case,assist Hank, and salvage their relationship. One or two gaps in the story line, but no major complaints. A definite 'recommend' for mystery lovers, a 'must' for Kijewski fans
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Summary: An entertaining read, but I'm tired of feeling offended
Review: Karen Kijewski writes within the formula nicely, but I think "Alley Kat Blues" will be my last Kat Colorado book. All of her characters with any sort of religous faith are portrayed in such a sneering, contemptuous manner I find myself distracted, wondering what happened between Kijewski and organized religion in her past! I realize that her characters are meant to be caricatures, but it is the occasional flicker of humanity in them that makes her books so enjoyable. I only wish we could see some of that in her "religious" characters as well.
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Summary: boring, predictable
Review: This is the first Kijewski book I've read and probably the last. The characters had no depth and were relentlessly one dimensional. The plot was totally predictable - within three paragraphs of the introduction of the killer, I knew he had done it! I was intrigued that several of the readers were offended by her portrayal of the mormon church, in particular its treatment of women. This was the one aspect of her plot and characterizations that I found to be interesting and believable.
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