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Summary: Where is Angela?
Review: A large part of Angela Matelli's charm has come from her interactions with her extended (and supportive) family. In this entry in the series, her family is minimized to a couple of phone calls and a few minutes in the first chapter. The plot is unusual--voodoo on a New England college campus and the supporting characters are fairly well written. But without the help and interference of the Matelli family, Angela seems to lose her edge and could be any number of interchangeable female private investigators. Despite a better than average writing style and story line, Habeus Campus disappoints. I probably will wait for the next to come out in paper back and am glad I bought this used.
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Summary: The Worst!
Review: Clearly one of the worst mysteries I've ever read. Poorly constructed--it's as if the author made a list of every trite gimmick and off-the-wall idea that ever was mentioned in her lady writers support group, and threw them into one novel. A voodoo queen on a college campus, and a cast of Vermont college characters who have all been to Haiti? Missing potions and antidotes? Get real! This kind of shallow frivolity gives a bad name to the genre.
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Summary: The Worst!
Review: Clearly one of the worst mysteries I've ever read. Poorly constructed--it's as if the author made a list of every trite gimmick and off-the-wall idea that ever was mentioned in her lady writers support group, and threw them into one novel. A voodoo queen on a college campus, and a cast of Vermont college characters who have all been to Haiti? Missing potions and antidotes? Get real! This kind of shallow frivolity gives a bad name to the genre.
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Summary: Clever Change-of-Pace
Review: I almost didn't read "Habeas Campus" by Wendi Lee because of the bad reviews ... I ended up buying this book simply because I like Wendi Lee's other writings. This book turned out to be enjoyable (so there)! It's true that in this country the thought of voodoo is far-fetched, but there are countries, such as Haiti, where zombies are accepted as real. I got a kick out of reading this mystery. Not your everday, run-of-the-mill subject, it was nonetheless entertaining and fun to peruse.
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Summary: Clever Change-of-Pace
Review: I almost didn't read "Habeas Campus" by Wendi Lee because of the bad reviews ... I ended up buying this book simply because I like Wendi Lee's other writings. This book turned out to be enjoyable (so there)! It's true that in this country the thought of voodoo is far-fetched, but there are countries, such as Haiti, where zombies are accepted as real. I got a kick out of reading this mystery. Not your everday, run-of-the-mill subject, it was nonetheless entertaining and fun to peruse.
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Summary: I agree with dulcie.
Review: The previous reviewer said it all. Wendi Lee thinks that zombies can be created and sent out to work in sweatshops and behind the counter at McDonalds. Oh??? The book is badly written as well. Dull and unbelievable -- a deadly combination.
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Summary: I agree with dulcie.
Review: The previous reviewer said it all. Wendi Lee thinks that zombies can be created and sent out to work in sweatshops and behind the counter at McDonalds. Oh??? The book is badly written as well. Dull and unbelievable -- a deadly combination.
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Summary: running around with voodoo
Review: When a professor finds voodoo warnings in his office, he calls in private detective Angela Matelli to pose as a student and find the truth. Are the warnings really a gag, or are there real zombies within the ivy walls of his Vermont college? Once at Hartmore College, Angela finds that almost everyone she comes in contact with has been in Haiti and had some contact with the voodoo religion. And tensions are high among them. Somehow, Angela has to cut through the clutter and find the truth--and manage to avoid becoming a zombie herself. Author Wendi Lee writes with an engagingly light style. Angela, with her overprotective mother and marine background makes for an attractive protagonist. The story itself, however, may be a little too light for real mystery fans. Although everyone has been to Haiti, sorting through the suspects shouldn't be so easy. HABEAS CAMPUS is enjoyable light reading but is unlikely to stick with you for long.
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