tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7008131509611971593.post430261490827575544..comments2024-02-12T01:48:46.108-05:00Comments on Booking Mama: Review: Crazy Love YouJulie P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16008101127541997459noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7008131509611971593.post-87455876552073696552015-03-03T08:54:53.800-05:002015-03-03T08:54:53.800-05:00I read this, too. I agree and disagree with your r...I read this, too. I agree and disagree with your review.<br /><br />The first two-thirds of CRAZY LOVE YOU is a five-star book, the best kind, the kind that is unputdownable.<br /><br />Ian grew up as an overweight sissy. His mother is confined to a mental hospital because of a horrible crime she committed when Ian was a child, a crime that almost involved him. For these reasons, he grows up with anger management problems and still has them even now that he is an adult and successful writer of graphic novels (fancy-smanchy term nowadays for "comic books").<br /><br />Priss (isn't that name a synonym for "sissy"?) is the child he meets in the woods behind his home when he is a fat child. But so what, I thought. I was bored enough that I decided to quit if the story didn't redeem itself by page 50. On page 49 I caught on and realized I shouldn't have been bored. Here's what readers should know right up front so the book is unputdownable for them. (I reread the first 49 pages.)<br /><br />Priss is not what she appears to be; she is a mystery throughout this book. And then so is Ian. Is he crazy? Is he good or dangerous? Is Priss dangerous? Or is she not even real?<br /><br />So why, then, does this book get just an average rating? Because the last third degenerates to the supernatural and becomes just plain silly. If the entire book had been written like this last third, the rating would have been zero. It's too easy to solve mysteries by blaming them on supernatural silliness.techeditorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01713987832589573174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7008131509611971593.post-43938928573150215512015-03-02T18:08:59.949-05:002015-03-02T18:08:59.949-05:00I've enjoyed other books in Unger's Hollow...I've enjoyed other books in Unger's Hollows sorta-series. Loosely connected series is probably better. Anyway, I'm looking forward to this one. Well, I'm in a mystery group and I'll keep this one in mind. Sometimes psychological mysteries work for us and sometimes not. GONE GIRL was totally disliked. :-)Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495669354860191042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7008131509611971593.post-84677460861231376062015-03-02T17:01:53.448-05:002015-03-02T17:01:53.448-05:00I love psychological mysteries but they seem to be...I love psychological mysteries but they seem to be a hard sell to clubs -- and even to my neighborhood friends.Beth Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627666337961326265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7008131509611971593.post-81587929479819232532015-03-02T10:01:56.607-05:002015-03-02T10:01:56.607-05:00My book club would never go for this but I do love...My book club would never go for this but I do love Unger's books. I'm looking forward to this one.bermudaonionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726401178972099557noreply@blogger.com