This is the second installment in this light hearted series with a message that looks at some of the issues that face seniors while it provides laughs to the reader. Unfortunately this second book fell flat for me (though it does get good ratings on amazon but not my library's site). While I loved the first one, laughing through the whole thing, this one bordered on the ridiculous for me and I was kind of bored right from the get go. While the crime capers in the first one had me in stitches trying to imagine my own senior parents doing such a thing, this one didn't seem at all even near believable in the dealings and interactions with their new neighbors. I doubt that group of people would be as dumb or easily fooled as the book presented. I also felt the cover and blurb led me to believe the setting would be Las Vegas which I thought would put an interesting twist into their story but that really was only at the very beginning. In all I was just reading to finish the book while not really enjoying it as the first. There is a third and I will give it a go to see if it returns to the enjoyment of the first one.
I gave it a 5.5.
2 comments:
I had heard of the first one but didn't know there were sequels. Are they clean as far as language and such?
Barbara: In this particular one there were a few of instances of swearing including the f-bomb a couple of times. And there are mentions of situations involving s*xual activity but nothing super descriptive. I would liken it to a pg13 kind of rating for nowadays where they give you the idea of what's going on without actually showing it. I can't remember if that was in the first one or not but I don't think so.
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