I was terribly disappointed in this book, as it was a disaster from beginning to end. It was so poorly written that I doubt any editing whatsoever was done. Once, the primary murder suspect, Kendra, was called Wendy. A silver knife was called a silver life. The writing was very choppy and boring and would benefit from a study in grammar and HOW to write. Sentence structure was monotone--simple subject-verb throughout most of the book---WHEN there were sentences. A good portion of the book was sentence fragment after sentence fragment, which can be effective if used sparingly, but they were grossly overused. Old, worn-out cliches were in abundance. Metaphors were terrible, and much of the remainder of the book was trite. I think the author would have benefitted greatly from the use of a thesaurus. There were sentences that made me cringe from the lack of interesting vocabulary; other sentences sounded like something my first and 3rdgrade grandchildren would write.I finished the book, hoping that it would improve, but it was a waste of time. Another interesting "who done it" in this series. This one had a lot of "players" and interesting twists to it. Only complaint I had is that whoever proofread this book missed a lot of errors. Wrong names were is some conversations and there were a few typos. That surprised me and since part of my job is proofreading, I wanted to get out the red pencil and start correcting the mistakes. Otherwise it was an interesting read, not sure I liked this one as good as the others I've read. Now on to the next one.
What do You think about Death By Marriage (2000)?
Couldn't put the book down! But will someone find this author an editor!
—TomSmith
