White Nights by Ann Cleeves
Well I definitely didn’t see that coming. I’m really enjoying the Shetland books and I can’t wait to read book #3. The main reason why I gave this four stars though is that the ending this time didn’t really work for me. I think having a character give a “dump” of facts on Jimmy at the end just didn’t work. I also wanted to say really that’s what this was all about when we get to the why behind the murders. I don’t know. It […]
Raven Black by Ann Cleeves
I really loved the first book in the “Shetland Island” series. I think the main character of Jimmy Perez is so different (in a good way) from Vera that I want to continue and finish up this series this year if I can. I think what hit me (in another good way) was that the residents of this community feel a bit out of sync with the real world. Jimmy is at a crossroads a bit in this book (leave policing and return back home […]
The Long Call by Ann Cleeves
Disclaimer: I received a free ARC of THE LONG CALL by Ann Cleeves from Macmillan in an exchange for an honest review. The first book I read by Cleeves was the fifth book in her Shetland series, which is not the way to start that series. But eventually because people I knew loved Vera, I started to watch it, and then watched Shetland. So, when an opportunity came to get in on a new series, I grabbed it. Matthew Venn is not your normal brooding […]
Telling Tales by Ann Cleeves
Not too much to say about this one. It was fine. I was bored though for the first 1/3 until we get Vera interacting with characters. Any time Cleeves away from her I found myself bored. The ending was very good though and a surprise. I liked how it was wrapped up. “Telling Tales” takes a very long time to get moving. We start off with a young housewife, Emma Bennett who sits around having fantasies about the local potter, Dan. Things change one day […]
