Book Review: Ocean Waves

Ocean Waves (A Quilting Mystery) Ocean Waves by Terri Thayer

My review

rating: 4 of 5 stars
You cannot blast through this book. I did and I didn’t understand it at all, which meant that I turned back to page one and started over as soon as I finished it. Terri once told me that every word has to count so writers these days prune, prune, prune. I may have realized that with her other two books, Old Maid’s Puzzle and Wild Goose Chase, but it came home to me with this book when I knew the killers and didn’t understand the ending.

Dewey’s character is developing and I like to be able to see that in the book. I also enjoyed seeing her develop as a quiltmaker and am glad she didn’t bail on her class.

Terri has a knack for characters I love to intensely dislike and this book was no exception. One was a control freak and the other had a huge chip on his/her shoulder. I am glad I won’t be seeing THEM again.

This was a pretty exciting book. The ending was fabulous. Terri did not fulfill my fantasy of killing off Kym, but I liked what Terri did with Kym in terms of moving her along with her life. I would have liked a little more background on what has gone in Kym’s life since she was fired from QP, especially since, despite Dewey’s heroics, Kym doesn’t move beyond her self centeredness.

The sad part about books, though, is that we only get a few days of Dewey’s life and I could really use more. Perhaps Terri should write a blog by Dewey…in her copious amounts of spare time!

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Author: Jaye

Quiltmaker who enjoys writing and frozen chocolate covered bananas.

3 thoughts on “Book Review: Ocean Waves”

  1. Thank you for a great review without spoiling the book! I am waiting for this to come to our library so I can read it. They have the first two, so I am quite hopeful this one will get ordered.

    I love Terri’s books and have told her so. She transports me back to CA and to the east coast as well. I lived on the east coast for a few years in the mid to late 70’s.

    I read the first book of her series on the Stamping Sisters as well. I keep thinking I am missing a book in that series? Are there two or three books out for the Stamping Sisters series?

    Ok, rain has momentarily stopped. Off to the farmer’s market!

  2. Thanks, Jaye. I’m really lucky to have you in my circle of friends. I’m bad about commenting but I enjoy reading your posts about struggling with creativity. We’re all striving to do our best work and it ain’t always easy, but it is easier with like-minded people.

    1. Terri: Thanks so much for reading and taking the time to comment. I know it is hard and time consuming. The blog is a great way to get some little pats ont he back when I am struggling and I appreciate that. I also hope I do it for others.

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