{"id":21361,"date":"2022-12-12T19:45:48","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T00:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=21361"},"modified":"2022-12-12T19:45:48","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T00:45:48","slug":"wonton-terror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/21361","title":{"rendered":"Wonton Terror"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wonton Terror<\/a><\/em> (2019) Vivien Chien<\/a> (A Noodle Shop Mystery)<\/p>\n

\"Wonton<\/a>It seems I had read the first book in this series, and was no more impressed by that book than with this one.<\/p>\n

First, there were several instances of a wrong word being used, which ended up completely confusing me.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d toiled all night with the text that Adam had sent.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Honestly, I’m not even sure what that sentence is supposed to say. <\/p>\n

Then, we have a twenty-something needing to communicate with her roommate who worked late the night before.<\/p>\n

There was a chance that Megan might be awake, so I pulled out my cell phone and gave her a call. <\/p>\n

\u201cHello?\u201d she mumbled into the phone. <\/p>\n

\u201cDid I wake you up?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe just a little bit.\u201d She yawned. \u201cWhat\u2019s up?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A twenty-something who called instead of texting. That is such a bizarre concept I can barely wrap my head around it. A twenty-something who calls before texting?<\/p>\n

Also, that’s insanely rude. She’d only gotten a couple hours sleep! It wasn’t that important!<\/p>\n

But, she came across as selfish other times as well.<\/p>\n

Her sister is asked to apply for an internship that could further her desired career, and all she can think of is that she’ll be left short-staffed at work? Yikes.<\/p>\n

And then she visits someone who has just gotten out of the hospital, makes tons of mental comments about what a disaster the house is.<\/p>\n

While she went to take care of her mail, I set the bag on the counter. The sink was filled with dishes and I imagined they had been there since before the incident. I could smell the faintest odor of fried fish lingering from a previous dinner. I immediately felt bad for stopping by.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But not bad enough to help the poor woman out by doing some dishes or anything else useful.<\/p>\n

So, this series is not for me.<\/p>\n

Publisher: St. Martin’s Paperbacks<\/p>\n

Rating: 5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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