Sylvie's Reviews > Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #10)
by Alexander McCall Smith (Goodreads Author)
by Alexander McCall Smith (Goodreads Author)
OK this is not what I was expecting at all.
At first I was really tempted in changing channel ... from this book of clichés. Yes, lots of saying are repeated in this book, from what your mother has told you to relations between men and women.
This is NOT a detective book. I would qualify it more as a reflection on human behaviors ... I have read some reviews from other readers (or listeners) and I would say that if you have followed the characters during the previous 9 books, maybe it is different.
I was planning on giving a harsh review but ... it was cute and entertaining. Will I read another one of the series: No. Would I say it was really bad: No (read worse) Would I recommend: Maybe but not as a mystery book.
Also, the reader needs to remember the setting is in Botswana ... not America. Sometimes a big trouble (mystery) for one does not need to involve lots of murderers, explosions, international gansters ... all in all not bad.
At first I was really tempted in changing channel ... from this book of clichés. Yes, lots of saying are repeated in this book, from what your mother has told you to relations between men and women.
This is NOT a detective book. I would qualify it more as a reflection on human behaviors ... I have read some reviews from other readers (or listeners) and I would say that if you have followed the characters during the previous 9 books, maybe it is different.
I was planning on giving a harsh review but ... it was cute and entertaining. Will I read another one of the series: No. Would I say it was really bad: No (read worse) Would I recommend: Maybe but not as a mystery book.
Also, the reader needs to remember the setting is in Botswana ... not America. Sometimes a big trouble (mystery) for one does not need to involve lots of murderers, explosions, international gansters ... all in all not bad.
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