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Narrative as Virtual Reality: Revisiting Immersion and Interactivity in Literature and Electronic Media

Marie-Laure Ryan

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Is there a significant difference between engagement with a game and engagement with a movie or...

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Esther has lost her grip on reality. She suffers from Alzheimer's and often visits her delusional...

Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2389 KP) rated Four Parties and a Funeral in Books

Mar 29, 2023 (Updated Mar 29, 2023)

Reality Show Gets Real with Murder

Even though Mia Carina has no desire to be part of the new reality show, Dons of Ditmars Boulevard, Belle View has been hired as a location for some events and to cater others. Not only that, but some mobsters she knows have been cast. She quickly learns that the drama unfolding before the cameras is no match for the drama unfolding among the crew. Still, she is surprised when a dead body turns up. With someone she knows the police’s chief suspect, Mia jumps in to find out what is really happening. Can she figure it out?

It was wonderful to be back with Mia and the rest of her family and friends. Yes, I did find a few things related to the production of the show stretched believability a bit for me, but that’s mostly minor. I was having fun the entire way through the book, laughing quite a bit at the antics of the characters. I suspect if I watched the kind of show being lampooned here, I would find it even funnier. There are several sub-plots, but they never take away from the strong mystery, which goes to some rather creative places before Mia reaches the logical solution. The regular characters are up to their usual antics, which is always fun, and I loved the development that some of them got. This book will leave readers, old and new, with a grin on their face.