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Summary: So-So
Review: Definitely not her best book in the series. The characters don't quite come across as the same they've been in other books, and the ending just comes too quickly and feels slapped together...there's a whole bunch of filler after the murderer's identity is revealed that seemed to go on forever.
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Summary: First & Last Foray Into The World Of Lucy Stone
Review: I make an effort to investigate new authors and characters, and the plot and locale of this book looked enticing at first glance. That was before I began reading with a growing bewilderment at the fact that anyone would like let alone care about ANY of the characters in the swiss-cheese plot. There wasn't one single person I could muster up a bare liking for, let alone an appreciation or a desire to explore more stories. As many of the existing reviews have said, the main character is addled and has a backbone of jelly and an intelligence of Ted Baxter at his best (worst?). Her main kid was a spoiled snotball, her husband an idiot, and the term doormat comes to mind when considering the way she 'fends' for herself with family, coworkers and friends. There was never a detailed or believable reason for the 'bride' to have become engaged to a groom such as he was, and my only regret on the passing of the unappealing fellow was that his intended didn't go along for the ride. As a hard-core New Englander I wanted to enjoy the book and go back for more, but my expectations for smart, likable characters, believable major plots, interesting minor plots and intelligent dialogue prevent me from doing so.
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Summary: wedding day murder
Review: it was very entertaining,always enjoy Lucy Stone books. A fun read!
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Summary: Where's the mystery?
Review: Lucy is asked to help arrange the wedding of her best friend Sue's daughter Sidra. Sidra is marrying a dot.com millionaire and is working as a talk show host's assistant in NYC so she asks her mother to take care of the details. Then, Ron, the groom, and Thelma, his mother arrive on a huge rented yacht and take over, the dock, the wedding, everything they come in contact with. Sue feels pushed aside, and her husband Sid seems to really hate Ron. There is also a local controversy with the harbormaster. He is micromanaging every aspect of the town dock and is squeezing the local fishermen out in favor of the large yachts of summer people. Sidra and her horrible friends come into town for her bridal shower on the yacht, and Ron is found dead in the water. Sidra's ex boyfriend is accused and Lucy tries to find out what really happened.This book was OK, but a little flat somehow. Lucy and Bill seem to have problems, but they are never really explained. Sue is not the same person as in the previous books. Lucy's children are pretty irritating and seem to figure too prominently in the story. I didn't figure out who did it, but the ending seems to have been just thrown on. I hope the next book brings the old Lucy back. I really love this series and the book is good, just not as good as her others.
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Summary: Not her best , but still enjoyable
Review: Lucy is asked to help arrange the wedding of her best friend Sue's daughter Sidra. Sidra is marrying a dot.com millionaire and is working as a talk show host's assistant in NYC so she asks her mother to take care of the details. Then, Ron, the groom, and Thelma, his mother arrive on a huge rented yacht and take over, the dock, the wedding, everything they come in contact with. Sue feels pushed aside, and her husband Sid seems to really hate Ron. There is also a local controversy with the harbormaster. He is micromanaging every aspect of the town dock and is squeezing the local fishermen out in favor of the large yachts of summer people. Sidra and her horrible friends come into town for her bridal shower on the yacht, and Ron is found dead in the water. Sidra's ex boyfriend is accused and Lucy tries to find out what really happened. This book was OK, but a little flat somehow. Lucy and Bill seem to have problems, but they are never really explained. Sue is not the same person as in the previous books. Lucy's children are pretty irritating and seem to figure too prominently in the story. I didn't figure out who did it, but the ending seems to have been just thrown on. I hope the next book brings the old Lucy back. I really love this series and the book is good, just not as good as her others.
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Summary: Wedding Day Murder
Review: Nestled on the rocky coast of Maine lies the town of Tinker's Cove, a world apart from Garrison Keillor's Lake Wobegon, yet boasting the same fine stock of strong men, comely women, and their gifted offspring. Lucy Stone (Turkey Day Murder, 2000, etc.) is the materfamilias of one such brood: Son Toby, home from Coburn University, is working on a research project with strapping young marine biologist Geoff Rumford while eldest daughter Elizabeth, struggling to earn money for her freshman year at Chamberlain College, slaves away at the Queen Victoria Inn under the watchful eye of Mrs. MacNaughton. (Junior Stones Sara and Zoe are restricted for the moment to precocious dinner-table observations.) Lucy earns the family's keep working at the local newspaper as husband Bill, a manfully unemployed carpenter, builds a gazebo so breathtaking that Lucy's best friend Sue Finch begs Lucy to allow her daughter Sidra to be married there. Lucy agrees, only to discover that Ron Davitz, Sidra's intended, is a homely boor with no fashion sense and that his pushy New York mother, Thelma, is angling to wrest control of the wedding from poor Sue. Fortunately, somebody conks Ron on his unattractive noggin and dumps him over the side of the family yacht. Unfortunately, Police Lieutenant Horowitz seems bent on actually arresting someone for the crime, so Lucy has to prove that nobody she cares about did it-no matter how good an idea it might have been. Meier's latest is perhaps her most repellent, with values toxic enough to annihilate this year's entire lobster catch.
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Summary: Where's the mystery?
Review: The "mystery" in this novel takes up about five pages...the rest is a boring account of daily goings'-on in Tinker's Cover...Lucy is a moron, her husband is a grumbling troglodyte, her kids are selfish punks, and her friends are rather hurtful. Why is this series so successful?
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Summary: Where's the mystery?
Review: The "mystery" in this novel takes up about five pages...the rest is a boring account of daily goings'-on in Tinker's Cover...Lucy is a moron, her husband is a grumbling troglodyte, her kids are selfish punks, and her friends are rather hurtful. Why is this series so successful?
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Summary: in the "get rid" of box not to be passed to anyone I like.
Review: The idea seems good. HOWEVER... The ideas behind the characters seems a tad stereotyped and then it gets worse. I admit it is the first book I have read of Leslie Meier and it might be the last. The characters never get to the point where I care about them. Lucy seems scatterbrained and totally inept at anything. Solve a murder? More like blunder into the answer. By page 79 I personally was hoping she would get wacked not Ron. Her husband the depressed caveman wanders around complaining things aren't like they use to be and the kids are being kids... a bit boring but kids. Cosy? Homey? Country? not in the least however it gets five stars for stereotyping. Not every housewife turned working woman is inept. I didn't manage one once of caring for any of the characters because they never came to life. I was left wondering "WHY?" Why are you telling me this and do I care most of the time and sadly the answer was no. A book best thrown aside forcefully.
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Summary: A fun cosy
Review: The residents of Tinker's Cove, Maine enjoy staying away from the hustle and bustle lifestyle of big city living as found in Bangor or Portland. Crime is rare in the tiny hamlet, but when a homicide occurs all the locals know that Pennysaver reporter Lucy Stone can found be in the midst of the investigation.
Currently, Lucy works on a more difficult project than murder. She is helping her best friend plan a wedding reception. Things go so wrong right from the start so that Lucy wonders if Murphy was an optimist, as he never had to deal with t wealthy groom's mother who has her own ideas that she expects implemented. The two families hate each other, but the townsfolk back the bride's side because the groom's brood is interfering with the local livelihood. When the groom's body is found floating in the nearby sea, a victim of murder, almost everyone within the town's radius had a motive, making a plethora of suspects for Lucy to learn who had the opportunity.
The Lucy Stone mysteries engage fans of cozies as the violence occurs off stage leaving the heroine and her who-done-it inquiries to share the starring roles. Lucy, her family, and those locals the reader meet seem genuine and very likable some in a more crustacean manner. On the other hand, the odious groom's family feel more like Robin Lynch drawing caricatures of the rich and famous. Still cozy fans will enjoy Leslie Meier's latest Stone adventure. Harriet Klausner
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