Review: Well written but mean
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 11, 2013
This is actually a good mystery -- it's just wrapped in really mean wrapping paper. The author is clearly food obsessed, and while I have no problem having overweight heroes, I do have a problem with making fun of them. It's not like they were in on the joke, it was like they were the (really big) butt of the jokes. Plus, the character's fascination with food is really disturbing. Yeah, we get it, they're fat. You point that out on every page. We don't need to see them salivating over food every single paragraph. It starts to become uncomfortable for the reader. It's sad, too. This is actually really well written and interesting -- if it wasn't for the jokes at the expense of fat people and the author's obsession with explaining every single little thing they stick in their mouths.