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Summary: Fun read
Review: Great literature--no. But this was an immensely fun romp and skewer of the gardening world and thinly veiled references to garden figures we know and either love or hate. As a professional gardener, I laughed out loud more than once at her references to the both insular and welcoming world of horticulture. First I'd heard of Ann Ripley and I'll definitely dip into her other titles!:) Enjoy!
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Summary: Not a cozy.
Review: I was so looking forward to a nice Christmas cozy mystery. Further, I love gardening books, so this book seemed perfect. Unfortunately, this author betrays her reader by injectng her politics (which never further the plot.) She makes a not-so-vieled reference to President Bush as "the dynastic son" whom the current fictional president was "able to shake" "out of the White House". Further, she makes it clear throughout the book that Republicans are unconcerned with the environment and that questioning the validity of global warming (see www.junkscience.com for some hard science on this) shocks the heroine into silence. I just wanted a nice cozy mystery. ---Marty
P.S. The writing is dull and the dialogue is flat.
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Summary: To many characters
Review: The first couple of pages promised a nice cozy mystery novel and a sleuth, Louise Eldridge, who would be fun to spend an afternoon with. Not so. Way to many characters are thrown into the mix, and the victim seems not to have even one redeeming quality. The newly elected First Lady is silly, the dialogue is forced and plot withers like a vine after the first frost.
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