Sweet and Deadly

This was a very enjoyable book, It had a good story line snd a quick pace, I would recommend it to my friends .

I was compleatly engrossed in this book until I got to the ending. The revelation of the murderer was shocking but the reason for the murders was disappointing. And there wasn't enough info regarding how the heroine came to her conclusion about the murderer.

Great book

I thought it was a great book considering it was one of her first books and is written in third person. This book is over 20 years old and newspapers do everything electronically now-a-days. The book was also originally only 154 pages long. Catherine is not in first person like her others, but you still get a sense of who Catherine is. I found it to be a real page turner.

Unfortunately, I did not find this book from Charlaine Harris as enjoyable as I have her other book series's (Harper Connelly, Sookie Stackhouse, etc.). I thought that this particular book was slow, uninformative, and a little confusing. I have loved all of her other books, but this particular one surprised in how confusing and lacking of information to the reader. Take care with this book and do not expect too much from it.

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Hmmm. Okay then. So, this was a short “little” read. For being Charlaine Harris’ first work, it isn’t bad…but I *did* notice that her bad writing habit of overusing the word “little” which has been a prevalent pet-peeve of mine with all of her works began here. Sigh. Moving on… This was an odd sort of tale. There were several extra added details and red herrings added in that I believe she eventually worked the kinks out of in her later writings. I can truthfully type that I did not see the ending coming. I thought all along it was someone else that was a bit closer to Catherine, so that was a surprise. The characterization wasn’t very in depth here and again I think that is something that writing-wise she got better at over time. Solid overall, kept me reading at least, and no spelling/grammatical errors that I noticed thus bumping what would have been about a two-star up to a three in my humble opinion. I was a bit confused time-line wise as to when her tale was to be taking place as the typewriter, dark room, and the general atmosphere “seemed” to date it older but then there was an independent woman, driving a car, shooting her gun in there too…which seems to push the Southern timeline up into a more recent decade at least. *shrug* I wouldn’t say I would recommend this to all readers, but for fans of Ms. Harris, it was a fun romp and a nice peek at the beginnings of her published writing career. Charlaine Harris is also the author of several popular novels including the: Aurora Teagarden, Harper Connely, Sookie Stackhouse, Midnight Texas, and Lily Bard series. Read other reviews here: http://www.sunshinerising.net

This book was a disappointment to me. But.. can't give up on Ms Harris. She is one of the best.

Quick, easy read. Nothing too taxing.

Trying to get pass the first few chapters which is boring,to see if it gets interesting. Why not call the black dupty by his name instead of always saying the black dupty this/that.

Predictable ending but a good and easy read. The author is very adept at bringing her characters to life.

She always delivers a great story.

I love all of Charlaine's books. This was a fantastic stand-alone. I wish it were longer, but it really didn't need to be.

Not my favorite book but I definately had no idea who done it till the end and I was surprised.