chucklesthescot's Reviews > Nearly Departed in Deadwood

Violet is a single mother of two children, working as an estate agent, but with no sales to her name, she is under pressure to deliver or lose her job to a co-workers relative. She becomes concerned to learn that children are going missing and she fears her kids might be next.

The cast of this book are appalling. Violet cannot seem to control her brat children who run wild all the time. At a time when she is in danger of losing her job, she has to put off vital appointments to run home to her attention seeking son. She teaches them no discipline. And if the kid is forever using the phone to drag her home for stupid things, then he shouldn't be given access to the phone! Her daughter likes to disect animals for fun and even does this with her meals in a local restaurant. Creepy child. She also puts adds for 'lovin' in the local paper for her mother who does nothing to stop her or pull her up about her behaviour.

Violet is also spineless over the abuse she takes from co-worker Ray, who steals her clients and tries to get her fired. Her boss Jane sits back and does nothing while he bullies Violet. What a place to work. And when she discovers that someone in the next building is parking in her space, does she tell that person? No, she sits and takes it and then moans about it. Grow a spine will you? And of course every weird guy in town wants to sleep with her.

I hated every character, I didn't like the plot as Violet kept whining about everything that was wrong with her life but not even trying to do anything about it. I really wanted to give her a good slap! It just seemed to be her whining and running about trying to sell a house and dealing with weird men and I got bored quickly.

DNFed!