Is "Bless Your Heart" worthy of 5 stars?

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Post by Michael Lartey 1 »

I just saw this book "Bless Your Heart", I am interested. I hope this book will be very interesting. I am more into literary fiction, so I hope it will keep me on my toes to the end. To those who have read it, what ratings did you give the book?
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I gave the book a 4 out of 5 stars. The book is most definitely an interesting one in the thriller genre as it blends what the author is passionate about into the story, mainly botany and medicine. This is unseen in almost any other thriller book. However, I would advise you to not have too high hopes for a climatic ending, though it will certainly clarify any lingering doubts in the book.
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I gave the book a two out of five. There were too many negatives for me to rate it any higher. I agree with the previous poster that the ending was anti-climactic.
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Post by Jollof RIce »

I just read two replies and am compelled to ask if its worth putting on the shelf, I love a well wrapped ending , one that is not anti-climatic and a balance in the book's story. Too many negatives are a turn off for me
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Post by Ali Pinar »

I have a problem with the description of 5 stars; I should be perfect. There are only a few books I read in my life that would be perfect, and they were written by immortals like Steinbeck, Marquez, Murakami, etc. That is not fair to all the remaining mortals like us.
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I found this book well edited and had great character development. Like a previous poster, I have trouble giving 5 stars to books that are not extremely memorable. I have not written my review yet, but I am probably going to give this one four stars. I did not like the anticlimactic ending.
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Post by Lucia Granger »

I did rate this book a five out of five stars. I think it was well written and a great mystery read that had me guessing until the end. The characters were well developed and the ending did not disappoint.
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I'm kind of indecisive on that as though I loved the subject matter I also felt the book lacked a central coherent message in general which took away from my overall rating.
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I'm kind of indecisive on that as though I loved the subject matter I also felt the book lacked a central coherent message in general which took away from my overall rating.
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I have not completely read the book yet. I will rate this book once I finish reading it.
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I gave the book a 4 out of 5 rating. The way the writer presented the story development maintained my interest. I was certainly disappointed with the ending, which was obscure, anticlimactic, and subject to multiple interpretations. With that reasoning in mind, it is not worthy of a 5-star rating.
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I liked the book with its fast pace and lots of interesting characters, and suspense. It made me want to read more stories about Jeannie. I liked the ending. I would rate it a 5 out of 5 because of these reasons.
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