[Luffy]

The Vicious Vet (Agatha Raisin #2)
by M.C. Beaton - 2/5

Reading this book proved to be a forgettable business. The author must have been inspired at the beginning and might have had severe bouts of writer's block at about the middle, where the plot began to run out of steam. IT's sensible to acknowledge that any decently written cozy looks exciting in the beginning. That's because the fan of the genre knows that the pieces on the board are being arranged and soon there will be murder, mayhem, suspects, wash rinse repeat.

The exact moment of me losing interest in The Vicious Vet was from the break in. From that moment, the book lost me. I also happen to think that on paper, the entire motives and hidden events of the murderer and his accomplice was humane enough. It's just that the author didn't fully tug on our collective heartstrings. There was some wasted potential there. I know lots of people must have enjoyed this book. But as someone who doesn't excuse uninspired writing and let it pass for 'fluff' or 'harmless fun', I must say I was disappointed. The only strong image left from spending three days with the book was where James was in the disco, waving his arms about and making his way towards a suspect. That was priceless. The book itself, not so much.