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Summary: I liked others in the series .....
Review: I'm reading my way through Ms. Myers' Pennsylvania Dutch/Magdelena Yoder series and have liked them. This one, where Magdelena and her wild sister and crusty cook take off to Ohio, disappointed me. I figured out the ending long before I should have and I missed the Hernia, Pennsylvania, locals. I'll keep reading these books, because I like all the characters, even Schnookums....the rat dog.... This one just didn't seem as good as the rest.
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Summary: What a hoot!
Review: I just got through reading this book and what a hoot it was. This is the first book of Tamar's I've read and can't wait to read the others in this series. Kinda like Fannie Flagg meets Nancy Drew.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I read the first book in this series and then this one. I won't be reading any more - some good recipes, but the books are just too silly.
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Summary: Silly Fare!
Review: I really enjoyed the first book in this series, and the second one was OK, but not as good as the first, but this one was just terrible! I gave it two stars instead of one because I know that Ms. Myers is capable of much better than this. This book is poorly written and poorly edited. There are glaring mistakes in it, and the plot is so loose that you could drive a truck through it. The last few chapters are truly terrible, and rather than feeling anything for the main characters, I just wanted to finish the book. I will read one more in this series and if it's as bad as this I will not continue. I did enjoy the first in her Den of Antiquity series, and will continue with that one unless the same thing happens with that one that has happened here. It appears that Ms Myers is trying to make a slapstick comedy, and it falls flat.
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Summary: Silly Fare!
Review: I really enjoyed the first book in this series, and the second one was OK, but not as good as the first, but this one was just terrible! I gave it two stars instead of one because I know that Ms. Myers is capable of much better than this. This book is poorly written and poorly edited. There are glaring mistakes in it, and the plot is so loose that you could drive a truck through it. The last few chapters are truly terrible, and rather than feeling anything for the main characters, I just wanted to finish the book. I will read one more in this series and if it's as bad as this I will not continue. I did enjoy the first in her Den of Antiquity series, and will continue with that one unless the same thing happens with that one that has happened here. It appears that Ms Myers is trying to make a slapstick comedy, and it falls flat.
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Summary: Curdled to death?
Review: In this one, the crimanal is involved in a sneaky plot, but you wouldn't jump off a silo in the middle of Febuary with your shirt off would you? Or would you? And you probaly wouldn't get cought in the same situation in a milk tank. To find the killer read the book.
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Summary: Another Goodie
Review: In this Penn-Dutch mystery, Magdalena gets involved in murders revolving around a cheese factory. Once again, Ms. Myers' wonderful sense of humor and colorful characters make for a most cozy read. Though this is the third in the series (it's a good idea to read them in order, as the characters' subplots progress) it's as fresh as the first.
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Summary: Another Goodie
Review: In this Penn-Dutch mystery, Magdalena gets involved in murders revolving around a cheese factory. Once again, Ms. Myers' wonderful sense of humor and colorful characters make for a most cozy read. Though this is the third in the series (it's a good idea to read them in order, as the characters' subplots progress) it's as fresh as the first.
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Summary: Cheese wars!
Review: Magdelena Yoder, Mennonite proprietess of the PennDutch Inn and her less-than-reverent sister, Susannah, take to the road as they travel to Farmersburg, Ohio for the funeral of their second cousin twice removed. This unfortunate man was found floating, nude, in a milk tank on his dairy farm. Magdalena knows that any self-respecting Amish man would never be found in this compromising position, and she grows more suspicious when she discovers that one of his partners died under suspicious circumstances during the previous week. A conflict seems to center around competitors who are trying to produce the best Swiss cheese in the area. Susannah has a romance with the head of the competition's business and Magdelena fears that her sister's life is in danger. The web of evidence grows until Magdelena is kidnapped by the murderer who has her pegged as the next victim. Fans of the Pennsylvania Dutch books will enjoy this 3rd. novel of the series.
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Summary: Just Plain Awful!
Review: This book is just plain awful. Ms. Myers started out with a nice idea and produced an acceptable first book. But the rest have been trash. They are badly written, poorly edited and they are just plain silliness (and not in a cute/funny way)! There are far to many inconsequential characters clogging up the storylines, the most extreme overuse of a word that I have ever seen (wailing), and too many references to being one's own relative. I can't believe her books get 3, 4 and even 5 star ratings from readers. I will never trust the rating scale again.
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