DIVIDED by Taitrina Falcon
INGENIOUS TIME-TRAVEL THRILLER plot could have benefited from richer characterization, a more careful edit. C PLUS
DIVIDED
Taitrina Falcon
2015
Grade: C PLUS
Tags: C Plus Reviews
Posts tagged with ‘C Plus Reviews’
INGENIOUS TIME-TRAVEL THRILLER plot could have benefited from richer characterization, a more careful edit. C PLUS
DIVIDED
Taitrina Falcon
2015
Grade: C PLUS
Tags: C Plus Reviews
A PERKY SOUTHERN SLEUTH goes undercover at a combination spa and psychics’ retreat. Alas, all too muddled.
Grade: C PLUS
BONEFIRE OF THE VANITIES: A SARAH BOOTH DELANEY MYSTERY
St. Martin's/Minotaur
2012
Tags: C Plus Reviews, Mystery, Novels, Paranormal
FASCINATING PREMISE–a woman’s diary of a year spent celibate by choice–doesn’t pan out. Psychobabble ahoy!
Grade: C PLUS
CHASTENED: THE UNEXPECTED STORY OF MY YEAR WITHOUT SEX
Penguin
2010
Tags: C Plus Reviews, Memoirs, Non-Fiction
PRIZE-WINNING FRENCH NOVEL disappoints; despite beautiful prose, everything happens “offstage”. Frustrating! C PLUS
UNFORGIVABLE
Simon & Schuster
2010
Grade: C PLUS
Tags: C Plus Reviews
SOME LAUGH-OUT-LOUD funny bits enliven a drearily cynical look at marriage by a couple, both writers and actors. C PLUS
Grade: C PLUS
Tags: C Plus Reviews
SNARKY, MEAN-SPIRITED chickfic about an ugly-duckling-turned-swan making her handsome, flirty boyfriend ugly. C PLUS
THE MAKEDOWN
5 Spot
2009
Grade: C PLUS
Tags: C Plus Reviews
INFURIATINGLY SELF-INDULGENT book offers some fun stories about the butcher’s craft, too much angsty wallowing. C PLUS
CLEAVING: A STORY OF MARRIAGE, MEAT, AND OBSESSION
Little, Brown and Company
2009
Grade: C PLUS
Tags: C Plus Reviews
WELL-CRAFTED BUT TRULY REPULSIVE thriller about a charismatic sociopath taking lottery winners hostage. C PLUS
RAVENS
Grand Central Publishing
2009
Grade: C PLUS
Tags: C Plus Reviews