Dropped Dead Stitch [Large Print] [Paperback]

I wish I could recommend Dropped Dead Stitch. I love knitting; I love cozy mysteries; and, I loved Sefton's first few books of this series.

But, I can't recommend Dropped Dead Stitch. The mystery isn't compelling. Heck, it's not even interesting. Typically, I'm so eager to know whodunit that I turn page after page and read an entire book in one day. The mystery in Dropped Dead Stitch is so dull, I didn't care who did it.

On the plus side, Sefton tackles the difficult topic of rape with respect and sensitivity which gives the book a slightly more serious tone. Sefton also pays off one of the long-term relationships with a wedding and picks up the threads of a romance that was hinted at in Dyer Consequences. Finally, Dropped Dead Stitch drops clues that there may be trouble ahead in Kelly and Steve's relationship, perhaps even a parting of the ways due to financial strain and career goals.

But, I don't care about the characters any more. What makes characters interesting is how they deal with conflict and life changes. Sefton's characters have no conflicts or life changes. They drink coffee, eat pizza, play softball, knit, and play board games. That's no more interesting than my own life. As I read the comments from other reviewers, I see that the frequent descriptions of hum-drum daily life in Dropped Dead Stitch turn them off, too.

As a reader, when I pay hardcover prices, I expect an author to step-up the quality of their work. I'm not looking for the "great American novel," but for hardcover prices, I expect a quality mystery. Dropped Dead Stitch isn't worth the hardcover price or the time you'll spend reading it.

I just finished reading this book and am puzzled by other reviewers responses. They all mention that the first few books in the series were good but this one was not. Frankly I am stumped. I too have read all the other books in the series and also felt they were good, not great, but good and truth be told this one is just the same as the rest. The same people, same idealic life, same unlikly senrio's, in short - same formula. That is what I expected and that is what I got. I enjoy these books as easy reads and for the feel good fellowship of the main charecters as well as the knitting lingo. I love reading other knitting fiction as well. So again, why is everyone chiming in with such negative reviews? If they expected more after already reading the earlier books, then that is their issue.

On a more positve note: I made the recipe for gingersnapes out of Fleece Navida, and they were awesome! I took them to our church Christmas caroling party and they were snorkled down in tem minutes flat with rave reviews! I highly recomend these.

Blessings, Beth Ann Danielsen

I've read several books in this series, but this one was the WORST! The writing was VERY amateur...sort of Nancy Drew meets creative writing class! Too much info not necessary to the story (decription of a game of Trivual Pursuit, description of a softball game..HO-HUM!) and the total OVER use of...tease/teased/teasing as a way to describe how someone spoke as well as the phrases...running her fingers through the Bamboo and silk yarns or just plain running her finger through the yarns!! There MUST be other words available! The book became redundant and VERY diffucult to finish...which I did only because I paid for it! Where was her editor? Or,if she had one, s/he should be fired!!!!