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2.95 AVERAGE
2.95 AVERAGE
I kept hoping this book would improve, and it just didn't. The ending was not expected, because there was no real build up. The happenings on the beach were just filler, the action happened off page, as it were, and never really affected the characters. Bruce Barbara and Jimmie were boring. The whole AA thing was too silly, most of the time. As a character builder it could have worked, except it didn't. I was disappointed because it sounded like a great story.
This latest book featuring recovering alcoholic Bruce Kohler and his friends Jimmy and Barbara, is another good one. While it could be read as a stand-alone this novel is later in time after Death Will Get You Sober and Death Will Help You Leave Him and thus should be read after those two good books.
This time around the three have taken shares for the summer in a group house in the Hamptons. They are not alone in the hose which is dedicated to clean and sober living. Vitally important because of Kohler’s complex history with alcohol as well as the experiences of his friends and assembled housemates. It should be a great summer and a relaxing one.
The murder of one of the housemates the day after Bruce and his friends arrive messes up that plan. Clea was beautiful but death ruined her image while also exposing a lot of secrets. Because of so many in the house as well as the large number of locals that had contact with the house and its guests the initial pool of suspects is large. As the weeks pass with increasing drama and additional killings, the suspect pool begins to narrow somewhat.
This third book in the series is another good one. Interpersonal relationships and psychological issues regarding addiction, etc. remain at the heart of this series. Those issues drive relationships, fuel conflict and are always present at some level throughout the book. Over the three books, Bruce Kohler is gradually evolving and becoming more and more a complex person in terms of moving on from his past and forging new relationships. Breaking the destructive cycles of the past and forging new relationships is a key component to recovery and clearly at work here through the three books.
Death Will Extend Your Vacation features more interesting characters, a complex mystery with twists and turns, and a summer on the beach to remember. Death Will Extend Your Vacation is another solidly good one from the talented Elizabeth Zelvin.
Death Will Extend Your Vacation
Elizabeth Zelvin
http://www.elizabethzelvin.com
Five Star (part of Gale, Cengage Learning)
http://www.gale.cengage.com/fivestar/
ISBN# 978-1-4328-2577-5
May 2012
Hardback
270 Pages
$25.95
ARC supplied by owner PJ Nunn of BreakThrough Promotions at http://breakthroughpromotions.net/ in exchange for my objective review.
Kevin R. Tipple © 2012
More reviews at http://kevintipplescorner.blogspot.com/
This time around the three have taken shares for the summer in a group house in the Hamptons. They are not alone in the hose which is dedicated to clean and sober living. Vitally important because of Kohler’s complex history with alcohol as well as the experiences of his friends and assembled housemates. It should be a great summer and a relaxing one.
The murder of one of the housemates the day after Bruce and his friends arrive messes up that plan. Clea was beautiful but death ruined her image while also exposing a lot of secrets. Because of so many in the house as well as the large number of locals that had contact with the house and its guests the initial pool of suspects is large. As the weeks pass with increasing drama and additional killings, the suspect pool begins to narrow somewhat.
This third book in the series is another good one. Interpersonal relationships and psychological issues regarding addiction, etc. remain at the heart of this series. Those issues drive relationships, fuel conflict and are always present at some level throughout the book. Over the three books, Bruce Kohler is gradually evolving and becoming more and more a complex person in terms of moving on from his past and forging new relationships. Breaking the destructive cycles of the past and forging new relationships is a key component to recovery and clearly at work here through the three books.
Death Will Extend Your Vacation features more interesting characters, a complex mystery with twists and turns, and a summer on the beach to remember. Death Will Extend Your Vacation is another solidly good one from the talented Elizabeth Zelvin.
Death Will Extend Your Vacation
Elizabeth Zelvin
http://www.elizabethzelvin.com
Five Star (part of Gale, Cengage Learning)
http://www.gale.cengage.com/fivestar/
ISBN# 978-1-4328-2577-5
May 2012
Hardback
270 Pages
$25.95
ARC supplied by owner PJ Nunn of BreakThrough Promotions at http://breakthroughpromotions.net/ in exchange for my objective review.
Kevin R. Tipple © 2012
More reviews at http://kevintipplescorner.blogspot.com/
Bruce Kohler carries on with his recovery by holidaying in the Hamptons with his two best friends. Then bodies start appearing.
Found on bookbub for free and I generally enjoyed the book. However, I picked the book because it was listed as a humorous mystery but I didn’t find it funny, more light and fun with a cast of colorful characters. I was also generally impressed with the quality of the writing and editing as the stories lines all made sense and worked together and followed to their conclusion. I found surprising that the characters are described as being in their forties and yet act and have situations reminiscent of being in their twenties. Maybe, however that’s consistent with the people who are recovering from various addictions, I don’t know. Also this is another example of how female and male writers just write differently. For example this book does discuss women’s body image issues, although probably handled better and more consistent with the plot than many other books I’ve read, but still something I’ve never encounter in a male writing and always seem to encounter in female writing. I don’t mean to criticize as the author is pretty balanced in depicting males and females and the book is told through a male’s perspective. While the book does contain murders it isn’t really heavy or gruesome just an interesting view into the lives of some interesting people dealing with personalities and a little murder. My personal mystery taste is ideally towards comic capers, but since every mystery today appears to require a murder this is as close as you’ll get to a fun light read. I can almost see it as a television series. Definitely recommended.