Dare to Die (Death on Demand Series #19)

Always a new cast of characters!

I enjoy this series because even though it all takes place on an island, there is an ever-changing cast of characters. ...so "the bad guy" isn't the one newcomer to the group. Plots are always good, and the characters worth getting to know.

21 out of 21 people found this review helpful.

Good novel

I would personally rate this book great for teens and up. I cannot directly remember any use of profanity or sexual content. The descriptions of the murder scenes are not gory. The main characters are well developed with a an excel,ent flow to the novel.

6 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

Enjoyed the book and all of Carolyn Hart's mysteries!

Enjoyed the book and all of Carolyn Hart's mysteries!

5 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

A new favorite.

Fresh take on the woman detective novel. I look forward to the next entry.

5 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

Hey it's a freebie.

The book is about the death of a teenager and questions concerning the circumstances of her demise. The time frame is about a decade after her death and revolves mostly around her classmates who have come together again in a small tight knit community. The main character is the owner of a bookstore that specializes in mystery writers. The problem is that the story does not really revolve around her. Its as though she's an outsider telling the story. There is an attempt to make her character more deeply involved but its not enough to make that connection. The cast of characters are not well developed so you never really build a relationship with any of them. There are a lot of "shortcuts" taken to get from one part of the story to the next. When I finished the book my reaction was "well i'm glad that's over with". There is no foul language or racy stuff so its okay for kids to read the book, and honestly the level of detail is probably better suited for a younger audience.
KMS

2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

A Good Read

This book is well written with interesting characters. It kept my interest to the very end.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

recommend

A good story line, but too many useless digressions.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Couldn't finish

I tried to like this book but I just couldn't care about the characters or the plot. Seemed to be trying a bit too hard and it was amatuerish.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Not my style

I am having to force myself to read this. I just don't care. Glad this was free.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Free or not.......don't waste your time on this book!

Poorly written, very disjointed, extremely unrealistic and corny. The author finally tried to tie things together ON THE LAST PAGE, but even that was a complete flop. A very disappointing read and a waste of time. I had to give it one star so I could write this review otherwise I would give it no stars!!!!!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

can't open it.

frustated, after several tries can't open so I'm deleting it

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Don't waste your time

I kept trying and trying to get into this book and I just could not.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Boring

Didnt catch me in the beginning. Too much descriptions of characters and no action. Deleting.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Melllow

Friday Freebie

1 out of 23 people found this review helpful.

Not a great read

Definitely not a book that I would read a second time.

For Cozy Lovers only!

Although Carolyn Hart writes well, I find her main characters, Max and Annie Darling annoying and self righteous. Annie is running resort cabins because her friend has a family emergency and of course she must invite a stranger to a beach party because she feels it is the right thing to do. The characters on the island have every southern fluke you could think of (i.e. putting peanuts in Coke). By the time the Darlings take over the murder investigation confronting suspects on the beach, I wanted to kill them myself. Slogging through the end of the book was painful.

Well-written and personality-driven, but ...

... are you getting tired of stories about adults who are told by police and friends to stay out of dangerous situations, that they are actively making things worse ... and stick their noses in anyway? Me too, and I finally lost my temper and put this book down unfinished. It's too bad, because otherwise the book was good. Interesting characters with the plot growing from their lives and secrets, written in an easy graceful style, believable dialogue ... oh, wait, there WAS the bit about the heroine showing up at the last minute at a party SHE WAS HOSTING --- that was just totally unbelievable. But an otherwise intelligent book that asks us and its heroine to be stupid. Grrr.

good

Pretty good

Dare to die

To much detail

Pretty good.

This is an easy, enjoyable read, though predictable.