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David J. Gatward

Autor de Grimm Up North

19 Obras 341 Miembros 12 Reseñas 1 Preferidas

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Conocimiento común

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My Thoughts:
This is the book where Grace is starting to take Smudge for training. Go Smudge!

This is also the book where Jadyn's confidence was starting to waver, so unlike his usual self. Unlike the confident and enthusiastic police officer who stood before the congregated Rotary Club members talking about his new role as key liaison with local businesses.

This time around, we are kinda told who the perp is right from the get go. Harry's old life catching up with him and taking out people along the way.

And I want to know what measures were taken to keep Dr. Sally Walker's family safe. Her kids!

The audiobooks in this series has been plagued with "clerical errors" which a good editor would have gotten rid of. So, I am wondering why these audiobooks were sold with these errors still in place... it kinda brought the rating of the whole book down a notch or two.


Quantitative Evaluation:
Story telling quality = 4.5
Character development = 4
Story itself = 4
Writing Style = 4
Ending = 4
World building = 4.5
Cover art = 4
Pace = (9 hrs and 3 mins listening time)
Plot = 4
Narration = 5
Audiobook editing quality = 1.5
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5 cherries
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cherrymischievous | Sep 1, 2023 |
My Thoughts:
I am a dog person. I love dogs! So, this book hits just a little bit too close to home!

Fly has a companion! Miss cutie pie Smudge!!

I whinged on a review of a previous book in this series that there was an element of predictability in the book. Well, here it is again. I saw who the perp was a mile away. However, I do not begrudge this series for this because it gave me hours of reading pleasure! It brought the rating of the plot a bit down, though.

Another thing, aren't police is supposed to be trained to notice signs and symptoms of abuse?! Because it is pretty obvious to me. Why can't PCSO Jim see it? I saw this "stupid" element before in previous books. Then it kinda faded away and I was happy with this series. However, here it is again... Let's just hope that it is not here to stay!

Obviously Aubrey Parsons was reading a slightly different manuscript to the ebook sold to me by amazon because the ebook and the audiobook didn't always match. Like on location 227 of 330 of the kindle ebook, the ebook reads "Anna" while I hear the narrator saying "Alice". The ebook was right by the way, because the vicar's name is Anna.


Quantitative Evaluation:
Story telling quality = 4.5
Character development = 4
Story itself = 4
Writing Style = 4
Ending = 4
World building = 4.5
Cover art = 4
Pace = (7 hrs and 52 mins listening time)
Plot = 3.5
Narration = 5

Overall Rating: 4 out of 5 cherries
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cherrymischievous | Aug 30, 2023 |
My Thoughts:
I love dour and forbidding heroes in crime fighting stories! Also love the humour that this author peppers the story with!

I reckon that the reason DSI Firbank sent Harry up north is not because of the photograph but because of the condition his prisoners came in with. British police just frown on battered prisoners in your custody.

Hopefully, the author will reveal where Richard Askew got his source from in subsequent books in the series. Who is the leak?

There is an element of "stupid" here which I am wilfully ignoring for the reading enjoyment that I got out of this book. Hopefully this will not repeat in subsequent books.

Aubrey Parsons did a very good job indeed in narrating this book. Not only did he made the story come to life, but, he also drove home the humour in it! I also liked the way he gave our hero the gruff and gravely voice. It fits the character to the T!

Quantitative Evaluation:
Story telling quality = 4
Character development = 4
Story itself = 4
Writing Style = 4
Ending = 4
World building = 4.5
Cover art = 3
Pace = (6 hrs and 40 mins listening time)
Plot = 4
Narration = 5

Overall Rating: 4 out of 5
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cherrymischievous | 3 reseñas más. | Aug 26, 2023 |
I liked the character of Harry, and his sense of humour. Once the action moves to Wensleydale, there is a bit of a lull before the pace picks up, and then there are several twists the last 10%. I might try another in this series at some point, although I hope the constant focus on Yorkshire people and ways and foods and so on is toned down a bit.
 
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pgchuis | 3 reseñas más. | Mar 20, 2023 |

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