Book #47 |
Book: Diamonds on the Danube | Author: Cheryl Dougan | |
| Source: Borrowed from a friend Format: Print |
Pages: 103 | Duration: 06/19/25 – 06/19/25 (1 day) | |
| Rating: ★★☆☆☆ | Genres: fiction, cozy mystery, travel | ||
| 📕10-word summary: Tour guide on Danube riverboat cruise uncovers diamond theft shenanigans. 🖌6-word review: All-around mediocre writing, characters, and plot. |
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| 💭Favorite quote: “Temptations are a reminder that I have a choice.” | |||
| 🎓A new-to-me word: Lipizzan | |||
| Description:* She never expected to be cruising down the Danube trying to catch a diamond thief red-handed. Adelle didn’t expect her 60s to be boring. So when her travel-agent friend asks her to guide a cruise from Budapest to Amsterdam, the born people-pleaser jumps at the chance to help four women have an unforgettable vacation. But when expensive jewelry goes missing, she fears one of her happy travelers could be the culprit. Will Adelle unmask the crook before her adventure sinks into muddy waters?*From goodreads.com’s synopsis. | |||
| Thoughts: I bought this book as a gift for a friend who is also a reader and a book club member (although we’re not in the same book club) and with whom I’m going on a “Danube Delights Riverboat Cruise” soon. We thought it would be fun to read a book related to cruising the Danube — but not a nonfiction book about it — and then get together one day on the cruise and discuss it; you know, sort of like a book club meeting but while enjoying our unlimited drink package and taking in the scenery along the way from Budapest to Regensburg, Germany. With all that said — and I have a lot more to say that I’m not including here but have outlined for our discussion on the cruise — this book wasn’t very good. It was more a travelogue (which is what we didn’t want to read) than it was a mystery. At the end of chapter 7 (out of 13), there was still no mention of diamonds or a crime. We’re hoping that “sometimes the worst books make for the best discussion” will come into play with this one. I definitely would not recommend this book, nor would I read any other books in this series, which is part of the “River Cruise Cozies.” | |||
See the rest of the books I’ve read in 2025 and previous years: 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019.