Sweet Revenge by Diane Mott Davidson Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Sweet Revenge
Book Review: When Good Series Go Bad
Summary: 1 Stars
This series used to be one of my favorites, but now it's gotten so bad that it's nearly unreadable.
The cooking/catering used to be a nice aside to the storyline. However, now it's taken over half the book with page after page after page dedicated to minute details about food storage, food preparation, food service and food cleanup. I found myself skipping over chunks at a time and not missing anything.
As many others have said, the book was also extremely repetitive with Goldy constantly stopping to recap what she'd learned. Over and over and over we had to read the same thing about one of the most boring subjects I've ever come across -- maps.
Goldy has also turned into a blithering idiot who can't seem to stand on her own two feet without constant reassurances from Tom. In one scene, she's driving on an icy interstate in a snowstorm and is hesitant to answer her phone in such bad driving conditions. However, after she does so and finds out it's Tom, she proceeds to not only keep talking to him, but to simper to him about how much she misses him and then call him back right after they hang up because he didn't tell her he loved her. Ugh. I nearly put the book down then and there.
And what's up with Tom? Most law enforcement professionals don't allow amateurs to help them with their cases. Not only does Tom allow it, but he encourages it -- telling Goldy confidential information, sending her out to talk to people, not saying a word to her when she does something idiotic like sneak into a crime scene and fall down a hill. His fellow police officers also don't do anything to discourage this -- for example, whisking Goldy away after she's just recklessly totalled her best friend's car and then dropping her off at the end of her street to walk home, which coincidentally just happens to be the scene of another murder Tom is investigating. The whole thing just became ludicrous after awhile.
DMD has made a nice living off this series, but when it's gotten as sloppy and bad as it has, it may be time to move on.
Book Review: When will it end?
Summary: 2 Stars
I have read several Davidson's mysteries and enjoyed them. This one was so hard to finish. It went on and on with repetitious material and I literally skimmed about 100 pages. Goldy goes over and over the same clues and it gets so boring. She just keeps talking to herself with the same information. Also, I don't know how many times a person can get attacked without ending up in the morgue. Gee, one attack would have been enough, but it seems that Davidson had a goal of 500 pages which she missed by one. What a boring story and I don't recommend the book, but her recipes seem to be worthwhile. Maybe Davidson should just put out a cookbook with her recipes if she continues to write this fluff.Book Review: repetative and boring
Summary: 2 Stars
I've enjoyed the other Goldie books that I've read, but this one was really quite boring. Goldie comes off as more of a busybody in this than a sleuth and she really sticks her nose where it doesn't belong. She describes other characters as acquaintances or people she's met, but she bends over backwards to help them out of sticky situations that any normal person wouldn't be involved in. (When Patricia comes to her house because her lawyer told her to?!? What?) Yea, we get it Arch needs to clean his room, but do we really need the details? All the details about her driving made me nervous. Why is she chasing Sandee down? Why hasn't Tom arrested her for involving herself in a police investigation? This mystery seems disjointed and full of fluff. Not nearly as enjoyable as other Goldie books.Book Review: tedious, poor characterization, outrageous action
Summary: 2 Stars
Of all the Diane Mott Davidson stories, this one is my least favorite.
First, as other reviewers have said, the author is constantly "reviewing" what just happened, without advancing the story.
Second, none of the characters develop at all -- not John, Julian, Arch, Marla, or anybody else. They are barely window dressing in this book.
Third, Goldy acts like such a complete and total fool so many times, it's ridiculous. When she knocked on the door of the person she thought was the killer in her hideout, and then basically stole a client's car and cell phone, I just about wanted to throw the book out the window. If I were her husband, I would have arrested her myself.
Fourth, the other characters, who are all trying to keep an eye on Goldy, somehow disappear from the author's imagination. Many times Goldy does something reckless and I am thinking to myself, "um...where did Marla go? where did John go? where did Julian go? Are they all just watching Goldy be stupid? Or do they just have their eyes closed?"
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Summary: 5 Stars
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