Reviews for Last Scene Alive (Aurora Teagarden Series #7)

The average rating for Last Scene Alive (Aurora Teagarden Series #7) based on 2 reviews is 2 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-10-24 00:00:00 Jason Butler This was the first Aurora Teagarden book I read, and I thought reading the series would make me like the character more, but instead I pretty much detest her. The mystery itself is okay, but Aurora's internal monologue drove me crazy for the entire book. I also really noticed how she's always dressing in shades of yellow, orange, brown, or dark green, and the description of the clothes make her sound like she's twenty years older than she is. The other characters also seemed to dress in these colors. In the first or second book Aurora was rather plain and mousy, but now men notice her or come on to her like she's some great beauty. There's a little bit of the changing glasses for frames to fit her mood in this book, but luckily we no longer get the prattling on about how weird her name is. The story begins with a movie crew coming to town to film a 2-part miniseries based on the book by Robin Crusoe about the serial murders from the first Aurora Teagarden mystery. Aurora spends a good chunk of the book acting all angry because the townspeople are happy to have Hollywood come to town, and acting like she's the major victim here. Really? What about the families of people who were actually killed, like your friend Lizanne who lost both of her parents?! Aurora also spends a good chunk of the book being judgmental about her stepson Barrett because he didn't like her and he lived off money from his father. This coming from a woman who in the first book was living free in a property owned by her mother, who worked part-time at a library and quit that job as soon as she got a minor inheritance from a friend, even though it was clear she would have to go back to work in a couple years and since she wasn't going to move out of Lawrenceton and she wasn't going to work in realty, it was obvious she'd have to go back to the library... part-time. This coming from the woman who then ended up marrying that Martin guy who was so rich but other than sex they really had nothing in common. And then she goes back to work at the library because she's bored, and her marriage was pretty unhappy no matter how she tried to paint it after his death. When she's a widow she's living off the money her husband and that friend left her and working part-time at the library but missing work all the time. Whereas Barrett does try to get as many roles as he can, but in the in-between times he hurts for money and she begrudges him that. Earlier in the series she went on about how much money she would inherit from her mother, too, so basically Aurora lives off and will live off the hard work of three other adults, but Barrett is the one who needs to grow up. Yeah, right. The grieving was understandable but too often took on a mean tone. Okay, she was in love with Martin even though he was a jerk, but to keep thinking things to herself along the lines that her loss and her relationship were greater than someone else's (in this case, Robin) is petty. Her "decision" to be rude now was silly, because all along Aurora has been rude, it's just more pronounced now. The funniest part is when she says something really rude to another character and then gets upset when they say something rude back. She even tries to get Patricia in trouble with their boss, but he sided with Patricia and Aurora tries to pull the seniority card, which is a joke because she quit the job for a few years in the middle and she's so unreliable to work. One more book to go.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-05-28 00:00:00 Nicholas Steele I liked this one but it's a bit more dreary due to Roe's recent loss. Hopefully the next one is better because I really enjoy this series.