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Helpful Score: 8
My reaction to this book is more of a puzzle than the mystery itself--on the one hand, I finished it to see who of the many quirky characters were the "bad" guys. On the other, I just had a really hard time believing in the main character: with a family background like hers, she is certainly naive (clueless may be a better term?) about her investigating methods. Maybe I just have a hard time with willy-nilly female characters, but this was reminicent of a female Keystone Cop; not quite a true bumbling idiot, but close.
I am really glad this was a borrowed book (no money or credits spent). Since it is a debut novel, I may eventually see if the second storyline improves, but it certainly is not near the top of my TBR mountain.
I am really glad this was a borrowed book (no money or credits spent). Since it is a debut novel, I may eventually see if the second storyline improves, but it certainly is not near the top of my TBR mountain.
I really like to find something good to say about a book, but the best I can say about this one is that it has a nice cover. I wanted to like it because I loved the idea of a reporter who reports on funerals in a small village. But I had to give up about a third of the way through. It was just too depressing. In the whole village of Gipping, we weren't shown even one likeable character. Even that far into the book, I couldn't get a handle on the plot because it is overshadowed by the main character's constant complaining about anything in sight, her whining about her rival, and her seeming obsession with sex. Throw in a good supply of profanity, and this book is not one I could finish.
This is my personal opinion. Others might find the book "delightful" and "hilarious", as the cover blurbs claim. I'm truly sorry, but I didn't.
This is my personal opinion. Others might find the book "delightful" and "hilarious", as the cover blurbs claim. I'm truly sorry, but I didn't.
Helpful Score: 2
This is a cozy mystery with a funny and ditzy main character. This reporter bumbles through the book, but gets the scoop at the end.
Barbara R. (Crop4Fun) reviewed A Vicky Hill Exclusive! (Vicky Hill, Bk 1) on + 1217 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Product Description
Introducing Vicky Hill, a suffocatingly single reporter whose attempts at finding the right man and the scoop of a lifetime take a backseat to murder.
The debut of a brand new series set in the sleepy English town of Gipping-on- Plym features sweetly bumbling investigative journalist Vicky Hill, who will do anything to get that front-page story. But the unusual death of local hedge- jumping enthusiast just may lead to Vicky's own deadly downfall.
Introducing Vicky Hill, a suffocatingly single reporter whose attempts at finding the right man and the scoop of a lifetime take a backseat to murder.
The debut of a brand new series set in the sleepy English town of Gipping-on- Plym features sweetly bumbling investigative journalist Vicky Hill, who will do anything to get that front-page story. But the unusual death of local hedge- jumping enthusiast just may lead to Vicky's own deadly downfall.
