Review: Really liked it in the end...but.....
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 25, 2011
The good news is that by the end of the book, I was really getting into it.  I liked the colorful characters, and REALLY small town life was depicted fairly well.  Bubba was by no means average.  He did not approach things in an average way, and it was entertaining to see how he, Deputy Gray, and Precious went about investigating the crimes.  I found several areas of this book to be laugh out loud funny, and I am now glad that I finished this one.  That is where my good news ends.  This book started VERY slowly for me.  I had difficulty getting through the first several chapters, and although I have always been able to finish "tough-read" books, this was the first time that I put it down, walked away for a few days, and had to convince myself to go back to it.  I am glad I did go back to it now, but the first little bit was touch-and-go.  The language/accent assigned in this one might be true to the area (don't know as I am not familiar), but I found it to be cliche and difficult to read.  Then again, I thought that there were several stereotypes in the book, but I did not find that it detracted from the overall story.  I am giving this one 4 stars, because I really did like it in the end.  It says "I like it" and I did.  My difficulty in the beginning was far outweighed by my entertainment in the end...LOL.  I may never think of chocolate Jell-o the same way.... :)