And People Say I’m Not Nice…
You gotta love Mrs. Giggles. I read her reviews because, well, I just can’t stop myself. The victim - I mean author - of the day is Minda Webber and her book The Reluctant Miss Van Helsing. This is one of those books I keep seeing in the bookstore. The cover is a bit distinct. Not being a big paranormal fan, I didn’t pick it up yet, but thought about it…
Mrs. Giggles gave it a 37. Yeah, that’s out of 100.
With apologies to Minda Webber, I’m going to reprint the review blurb. I haven’t read the book, so this is not in any way my statement on the book. I just thought this was funny:
Awfully inept braindead spineless heroine + jackass hero + lots of painfully contrived issues + over the top comedy to mask the fact that the plot and the characters all suck like starving vampires = me screaming for a stake through my heart to end my misery.
In the interest of fairness, Best Reviews (Harriet Klausner) says this about the book:
This sensational screwy satirical sequel will have readers laughing at Jane’s capers and Neil’s reactions to her antics. The action- packed amusing story line also is loaded with literary references that are fun to follow as these witticisms augment a zany well written tale that howls for more.
You can decide.
February 19th, 2006 at 11:41 am
I thought this was a fun read, it’s chock full of pop culture refrences, keeping track of them kept me very entertained, though I have to agree, the heroine is at times spineless and the hero is a bit of a jackass.
February 19th, 2006 at 1:24 pm
Jesus Christ, quoting Harriet’s review just made me automatically err on the side of Mrs G’s review! Talk about the kiss of death.
Even though I rarely agree with her reviews, I’ll probably stick with Mrs G’s assessment of the book.
Besides, I’m off paranormals at the moment.
February 20th, 2006 at 6:22 am
I’m with Karen. HK puts me off any book - she’d love a Haiku written on a cereal box if she got it for free.
I love Mrs Giggles too - she’s a riot.
February 20th, 2006 at 10:00 am
After reading RMVH I would say the 37 is overly generous. It was poorly written, POV was handled badly and it was dull. And I’m a fan of the genre.
February 20th, 2006 at 8:42 pm
I haven’t read the book or the one before it but I really should since she works in one of my all time favorite ubs. Well in one of their branches that I haven’t been too….
But ha ha paranormal generally isn’t my thing. MJD was the only one and now Erin McCarthy because I am on a EM kick. But yikes, if Harriet’s is the only good review you could find to quote. I like to read giggles but I hardly ever agree with her.