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| Original Title: | Abby Cooper: Psychic Eye |
| ISBN: | 0451213637 (ISBN13: 9780451213631) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Psychic Eye Mystery #1 |
| Characters: | Abby Cooper, Dutch Rivers |
| Setting: | Royal Oak, Michigan(United States) |
Victoria Laurie
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 295 pages Rating: 3.92 | 13018 Users | 943 Reviews
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| Title | : | Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye (Psychic Eye Mystery #1) |
| Author | : | Victoria Laurie |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 295 pages |
| Published | : | December 7th 2004 by Signet |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fantasy. Paranormal. Cozy Mystery. Romance. Fiction. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit |
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While I didn't expect an intense, à la Simenon mystery, I didn't contemplate reading something so chatty, either. For the first one hundred pages, it's just useless talk, talk, talk. About the friend of narrator Abby moving out to California, Abby's dog Eggy, Abby and Eggy having breakfast together, Abby's moody clients. I wonder: Does Victoria Laurie perhaps confuse chatty with witty? While there are entertaining moments, and a murder plot finally emerges, Laurie is neither a Janet Evanovich nor a Mary Higgins Clark. Nor should she be. But should she perhaps aspire to slightly more than whipped cream and a little cherry on top? For underneath all that there is very little substance.Does being entertained necessarily mean plunging into vacuity?
Laurie is herself a psychic. I would have hoped then for a more interesting character. Although the reader is being warned on the very first page of Chapter One -probably the best, funniest page of the whole novel, that she is boring like vanilla ice cream. All in all, the book has all the commercial ingredients: a superficial mystery and a predictable love story. Plus, on occasion, a voice that could shine but chooses to glow instead. It's fun fluff to take to the beach. As soon as you will be done, your brain will act like waves on sand and erase it all.
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Ratings: 3.92 From 13018 Users | 943 ReviewsCriticism Based On Books Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye (Psychic Eye Mystery #1)
This is a good little cozy with a psychic twist. Abby Cooper is a psychic, she is also single and has been using a dating service, with one date going well at least she thought it had, but it turns out he is a cop getting a feel for her after one of her clients is killed. At first she has no interest in working with the police but when she realizes that this girl called her and asked for a second reading and Abby blew her off. Now she is feeling guilty and wondering if she would have been moreI really enjoyed this book. In fact, I think I may have found a replacement for the now horrid Stephanie Plum series. Not that Abby Cooper is anything like Stephanie Plum. But sometimes I need a light mystery with some laughs, and this fits the bill. The characters are pretty likable, but flawed. Like, Abby actually has a bad day and goes off on people for no reason. You know, like a normal person. I appreciated that. And the psychic angle adds a nice little quirk. I really liked the fact that
I thought this book would be a piece of fluff - like cotton candy, maybe. I was completely and pleasantly surprised at the wide range of savory flavors I got instead - a pretty well-balanced meal of education, mystery, romance, and intrigue - I'm definitely hungry for more! To specify a little, the education I'm talking about is twofold. Laurie addresses stereotypes so well (I enjoyed seeing scenes of Abby's childhood and how her family related - or rather, didn't - to Abby's gift) - I really
I picked this up at the bookstore, pulled in by the cover. I am so glad I did! Fast paced, great dialogue and characters so real you might meet them in your neighborhood. I'm a devoted fan for life!
While I didn't expect an intense, à la Simenon mystery, I didn't contemplate reading something so chatty, either. For the first one hundred pages, it's just useless talk, talk, talk. About the friend of narrator Abby moving out to California, Abby's dog Eggy, Abby and Eggy having breakfast together, Abby's moody clients. I wonder: Does Victoria Laurie perhaps confuse chatty with witty? While there are entertaining moments, and a murder plot finally emerges, Laurie is neither a Janet Evanovich
Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye was a great start to what should be a fun series. It introduces us to Abby Cooper, a psychic who works hard, tells it like it is and won't allow her clients to become addicted to relying on her and what she sees in their futures. One of her clients turns up dead, she becomes obsessed with finding out what happened and, in the process, puts herself in danger. In the romance department, she compares herself to be vanilla ice cream and signs up with an online dating
Ever noticed how superheroes always have really useful superpowers?Strength, speed, the ability to read minds. No superhero has autoclave vision, or breath so bad that it gets rid of vermin. No superhero has the ability to recite π to 1000 places. Maybe there are semi-heroes who can do those things but I guess they're not superheroes because there's nothing super about that stuff. Abby Cooper is in the superhero group. She can see into the future with uncanny accuracy. So uncanny errr...so
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