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Loved it!

Revisado: 02-19-25

My tweets are what follow. Lol!…:

Sooooo many thoughts on this one, @KemperDonovan, but I, strangely, guessed the murderer (on nothing but vibes), and loved this little world being created and developed as we make our way to the third book (will there be more than three?! 😜). 🕵🏻‍♂️❤️

Okay, let’s keep going—and, in no particular order:

I had to restart this book once and rewind several times. I won’t blame this on the author. Lol. I’m pretty sure it’s simply because I don’t want to miss things and when I started the book the first time I had a hard time keeping track of who was who and really attaching each characters attributes and personality to each. This isn’t unique to this book, though. I have to do this a lot especially in mysteries because they’re quite deliberate in how they’re telling a story so paying attention to who is who is, really, quite critical. Sometimes I won’t do this and I’ll either figure it out later/ as I go on or… I’ll get more lost. Lol.

The language is stronger than the first book was, I think (?), but, still, didn’t feel like it detracted too much from the book. Likewise, and I think this is true of any work of fiction (Craig Johnson spoke about this in an interview I listened to recently), but Kemper is commenting quite a bit on society and, to some degree, things from a particular perspective in which probably not all of his audience will agree. I don’t want to spend a lot of time commenting here other than to briefly note that human nature is as it always is (ala Miss Marple), and that it permeates and crosses over these cultural and philosophical differences and divides. So, this too, from a content perspective, is worth noting, but also, isn’t a detractor or item of concern. There’s obviously some violence here (being a murder mystery), but that isn’t heavily descriptive, and there are a couple references to sexuality that crop up, but I could probably count their occurrences on one hand, so rather than framing or permeating the book, they jot it a couple times.

I’ve known Kemper for a while from afar (from his podcast), but I did meet him in person at a book signing for his first book in this series last year, and his cultural and literary knowledge is bar none. Bro is super intelligent and I think his ingenious crafting of this book (along with its predecessor) really shine through. Like, yes, these are murder mysteries, but, as previously noted, also commentaries on society in our present era, the stream of consciousness thoughts of a fellow millennial (which, it was super cool to have a name for her in this book!), and… quite a bit more!

Honestly, I could go on for ages, but I just want to say that if you’re a fan of Agatha Christie style mysteries (and their many reproductions and etc) with a modern flair, check this out! And read/ listen to “The Busy Body,” first.

Oh, I also wanted to elaborate on my initial tweet/ thought/ paragraph above. I took absolutely no pleasure in finding out that I was right about the murderer. I wanted it to be someone else. But as the story went on I realized this person was the least likely, but also the most obvious, in that none of the other characters seemed to be it. That, and it was the most shocking for who it was. I don’t want to spoil anything though, or go on about this for too long, but I was here for the ride, and emotionally caught up in the journey from start to finish!

Lastly (for real this time, lol), I really do feel that he’s exploring and creating quite a compelling world with this series. Like, I know there’s only two so far, but I’ll read as many as he writes! Lol! We learn more about our homegirl in this book than we did in the first and, like the first, I want to go back through and relisten to this so I can catch every detail this time knowing whodunnit and everything else. Lol.

Anywho, well done, Kemper!

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A great Christmas devotional!

Revisado: 12-25-24

Love the simplicity of reading/ listening along in this book and the book of Luke. So good! I did it last year, this year, and plan to keep doing it!

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An excellent read!

Revisado: 03-06-24

The performance is wonderful, the story is great, and while I know it wasn’t among Christie’s favorite, I loved it and would recommend it to anyone skeptical and anyone looking for an easy to listen to murder mystery/ heist!

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A Fantastic Read (Listen)

Revisado: 02-26-24

Now, normally, I don't leave reviews, but I've read a couple other Star Wars novels and found those far less interesting and compelling than this one. It's the romance (surprisingly), the intrigue, the characters, the narration, and the overall story and arc that does it. I don't want to give anything away or go on forever, but I loved this and would highly recommend this to any Star Wars, The Clone Wars, and/ or Asajj Ventress fans. I'm curious to know how the newest (and final) season of the Bad Batch will use this (if it does?) in completing (or including) Ventress and perhaps something of what we experience in this novel. (This is largely the reason I read this.)

Anyway, it's well done. A few things to note: Mace Windu is given a sort of country accent and seems somewhat harsher than I seem to remember him in the movies/ shows. I dunno. Maybe he was always ever the more outspoken on the council, but, it's worth noting. Another reviewer pointed this out, as well as the way the novel ends-to that end, it definitely ends in a way not exactly preferable, but given all that is going on in the character and stories, it's a quite fitting conclusion.

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Loved it!

Revisado: 02-06-24

The narration, the story telling, the characters… it’s all so well done! Plus I’ve known (of) Kemper for a while now thanks to his podcast (All About Agatha (Christie)) so, naturally, I loved that, and it makes sense that I’d love this, too!

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Excellent!

Revisado: 12-21-16

I loved this reading of the book! I read it long ago growing up, and enjoyed listening to it on a road trip to see family and I just finished it recently as I got the time.

Sometimes I felt he spoke somewhat fast (changing the speed to something slower), but since I've listened to this I've changed the setting back to normal speed as I've gotten used to his voice and reading style.

Great read (listen, lol)!

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