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Don't keep explaining yourself to these unworthy people. Be true to yourself and your family, girl.
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NBC's divine afterlife comedy begins its farewell run Thursday night. Curtis Ingraham calls his sister's behavior 'monstrous' amid climate change debate. The writing! So much that got on my nerves. Tip of the iceberg: The heroine Lacey, the constant mention of her curvy petite figure and teeny-tiny waist - enough already! Plus her friends and the people she meets, a bunch of loonies. Also the romantic bits somehow Oh dear, this was just barely OK. Sorry, thumbs down.
If I had to go to the bathroom it was a minute production shutdown. Save for Later. Lacey Smithsonian is the Eye Street Observer's 'Crime of Fashion' columnist but she always seem to be finding murder victims along the way while trying to find fashion news! However, Lacey finds her in between all her baubles lying on her sofa mumbling and commanding her to "Find the corset" even though she is poisoned. This item will be shipped through the Global Shipping Program and includes international tracking. Chris Jancelewicz.
Jul 31, Jenn rated it it was ok. This book was a horrible, poorly written mess. The story was silly. The "heroine" was dim, at best. This is evidently a series, and not the first one. The main character's last name is Smithsonian and she lives in DC? Is that supposed to be funny? The whole story revolves around a reporter jetting off over the world, following clues, to try and find a corset stuff with jewels that belonged to one of the Romanov's.
The source of this story dies in the first chapter. She's This book was a horrible, poorly written mess. She's a corset-maker in DC who's talked about how she soon won't have to worry about money when she gets this treasure that she plans to go to France to find.
What kept her from looking before now? Yes, she was killed, but she was quite old. This book was horrible. Aug 03, Heather Lin rated it it was ok. This is probably the worst book I've read beginning to end. First, let me tell you why I kept reading: Paris! The detailed trip to Paris was great to read through, and it was clearly written by someone who has traveled there herself. The mystery itself was intriguing. I wanted to know what happened, and I'm not the type that can just read the last few pages. Cliches, overuse of adverbs, run on sentences. At times, I was confused as to whether I was reading a mystery or a romance, and neither was great.
Byerrum had a few opportunities to really hype up the suspense, put Smithsonian through the emotional ringer, and make me feel something intense.
And every time it fell flat. The characters are two-dimensional and predictable at best and just plain annoying at worst. And what on Earth is with Lacey and the no smoking thing? It might not bother me so much if being a prude was part of her personality. If someone she knows died of lung cancer, even.
She's totally fine with her boyfriend beating up a man who has not caused any physical harm himself, but, yeah, smoking. That's where she draws the line. And why does Nigel listen to her like a whipped puppy every time she tells him not to??
All of the major turning points in the story were too easy. Her friend Stella has an entire paragraph in which she likens Donovan and Smithsonian to retards yes, she says "retarded" and I'm not really a member of the PC police, but it made me cringe. And there was just poor writing and editing throughout. At one point, "Kepelov" is misspelled as "Kelepov". And in another part, Nigel uses Stella's name, and then immediately after she says "You can call me Stella. I could go on.
But I won't. You get the idea. The most interesting person in the book was Magda and she died on page 1. Okay, now I'm done. Sep 13, Deb White rated it really liked it. Lacie Smithsonian investigates a corset maker's murder. Is there a Russian Romanoff secret, the jewels of a Faberge egg, hidden somewhere in the corset maker's room? Lacie travels to Paris and New Orleans to find out the secret. Oct 23, D Nichols added it.
This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This book has such an intriguing title but I had trouble getting into it Maybe I was just not in the right mood. I will definitely request it and try again. Feb 04, Minette rated it liked it. I picked this book up when I had nothing else to read. I did finish it. I found the dialogue to be a bit unrealistic.
Jun 14, Aparna rated it liked it. Stars: 3. She tangles herself again Stars: 3. She tangles herself again in a mystery involving a lost corset stolen from a Russian princess in the massacre and murder of her good friend. Lacey sounds more and more like Jessica Fletcher from Murder, She Wrote - wherever Jessica goes, a murder happens and promptly she gets involved in solving it.
Interesting life, this Lacey leads.
However, Lacey finds her in between all her baubles lying on her sofa mumbling and commanding her to "Find the corset" even though she is poisoned. Shortly after she dies taking a promise from Lacey that he would indeed find the corset. Later when Detective Broadway Lamont arrives on the scene - whom she constantly runs into - notices that Magda is stabbed as well.
Who wants to poison and stab Magda?