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A review by danteandvirgil
Lending a Paw by Laurie Cass
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
3.5
This was overall an okay adventure. Minnie drives a mobile library with her new cat Eddie. I was drawn to this book, predictably, because of the cat and the desire to read a cozy mystery.
The pace was really slow. I didn't really mind this because I was listening to the audiobook as I often did other things. The book is digestible this way but I did miss some details as I went. This story spends a lot of time meandering around daily life of Minnie who worries about the library and the murder and her own life most of the time. I would have preferred a more condensed, edited read. This book could have been shorter with a more focused lens for me to enjoy it more. The narrative voice was kind of frustrating as she'd either say something totally unrelated or try to crack a joke that would sometimes land with a brief exhale from my nose.I did laugh at "You can't trust someone named Kyle that chooses to go by Larry"
I was surprised to see that there 10 or 11 more in the series??? And they are all about this length??? I'm not sure I was sold to continue in the series. Would love a shorter, cozier mystery.
PS the audiobook narrator was great! Her cat MURRS were cute and funny.
The pace was really slow. I didn't really mind this because I was listening to the audiobook as I often did other things. The book is digestible this way but I did miss some details as I went. This story spends a lot of time meandering around daily life of Minnie who worries about the library and the murder and her own life most of the time. I would have preferred a more condensed, edited read. This book could have been shorter with a more focused lens for me to enjoy it more. The narrative voice was kind of frustrating as she'd either say something totally unrelated or try to crack a joke that would sometimes land with a brief exhale from my nose.
I was surprised to see that there 10 or 11 more in the series??? And they are all about this length??? I'm not sure I was sold to continue in the series. Would love a shorter, cozier mystery.
PS the audiobook narrator was great! Her cat MURRS were cute and funny.