Sign in with FacebookTJ's Reviews > One Grave at a Time
One Grave at a Time (Night Huntress, #6)
by Jeaniene Frost (Goodreads Author)
by Jeaniene Frost (Goodreads Author)
3.5 stars
Hmmm, this one is stuck right in the middle of three and four stars and neither fit! All the things we love about this series are present - just not a whole novels worth.
I love Cat and Bones and, unlike others, I love their relationship in this book. Rather than all the drama between them, their's is a solid yet deepening relationship with a love so strong it's palpable. That is wonderfully refreshing and encouraging. I love how Ms. Frost writes their relationship, the subtle looks, Bones intense support of Cat and defense of her against anyone who even thinks derogatory thoughts of her... Yum!!! I love the give and take between the two of them, watching them learn to compromise for each other. I disagree with those who believe there must be tension to make it interesting.
It's the over abundance of verbiage that lowered the stars (and the interest) for me. What has always been Cat's endearing, snarky and often humorous offside commentary in previous books, seemed to overtake the plot-line in this story. Almost as if there wasn't enough of a story to support a full-length novel so filler (lots of it) was needed and Cat was used as the culprit.
Example:
"My concerns were laid to rest when I spotted a ghostly figure floating over the park's rolling hills, wearing a business suit instead of an old, mended tunic. I didn't know what made certain clothes appear on ghosts - Don hadn't died in a business suit, after all - but that wasn't what I was burning to find out. He'd barely gotten with earshot before I started in on him."
Boiled down: The ghost of Don showed up wearing a business suit.
A paragraph long commentary isn't bad, and with Cat, it is often snarky fun. It is when that paragraph turns into every paragraph with only snippets of storyline and action interspersed that it starts turning into a yawner.
Hmmm, this one is stuck right in the middle of three and four stars and neither fit! All the things we love about this series are present - just not a whole novels worth.
I love Cat and Bones and, unlike others, I love their relationship in this book. Rather than all the drama between them, their's is a solid yet deepening relationship with a love so strong it's palpable. That is wonderfully refreshing and encouraging. I love how Ms. Frost writes their relationship, the subtle looks, Bones intense support of Cat and defense of her against anyone who even thinks derogatory thoughts of her... Yum!!! I love the give and take between the two of them, watching them learn to compromise for each other. I disagree with those who believe there must be tension to make it interesting.
It's the over abundance of verbiage that lowered the stars (and the interest) for me. What has always been Cat's endearing, snarky and often humorous offside commentary in previous books, seemed to overtake the plot-line in this story. Almost as if there wasn't enough of a story to support a full-length novel so filler (lots of it) was needed and Cat was used as the culprit.
Example:
"My concerns were laid to rest when I spotted a ghostly figure floating over the park's rolling hills, wearing a business suit instead of an old, mended tunic. I didn't know what made certain clothes appear on ghosts - Don hadn't died in a business suit, after all - but that wasn't what I was burning to find out. He'd barely gotten with earshot before I started in on him."
Boiled down: The ghost of Don showed up wearing a business suit.
A paragraph long commentary isn't bad, and with Cat, it is often snarky fun. It is when that paragraph turns into every paragraph with only snippets of storyline and action interspersed that it starts turning into a yawner.
Sign into Goodreads to see if any of your friends have read One Grave at a Time.
sign in »
Comments (showing 1-5 of 5) (5 new)
date
newest »
newest »
message 1:
by
Sergia
(new)
-
rated it 4 stars
Jul 01, 2011 05:50pm
I think this book has a very hot cover and i am also desperately waiting. You are not alone.
reply
|
flag
*
Great review TJ! I find that sometimes when a series drags on..and on..it loses its original "appeal" I stopped at book 4..interest was going there,maybe just too much back to back of Cat&Bones..III keep buying them though just to find out what happens *sigh*
I think TJ put in words the same things I have been feeling while reading the book. I started to read it and when two days passed and I was not done with it, I started to ask myself what was wrong with it? why couldn't I read this book with ease as I did with the others? And the answer is that I feel like it drags and gets kind of boring. Specially when like Tj said we get into cat's mind musings. I also felt like it had too much reminiscing of previous books of the series.
