Chris M wrote:
>Ever since I read CRIMSON JOY when I was 14 or 15
I've been
: anti books with alternating story lines with the hero
taking a chapter
: or two alternating with the serial killer's chapters in
italics.
And Bill Denton wrote:
>I was very disappointed in the last Scudder book, and
I doubt I'll bother
>with this one now that I know he's structured it the
same way.
And here I was thinking I was the only person who called this
the CRIMSON JOY effect.
I finished ALL THE FLOWERS ARE DYING last night, Bill, and
I've got to say that for anyone who has followed the Scudder
series it's a must-read, in spite of any qualms about the
structure. I also found HOPE TO DIE a disappointment, but
Block integrates the material more effectively here.
(Although at times the Virginia material seems like it
belongs in another book. A good book, but another book
nonetheless.) The bloat that has crept into some of Block's
later novels is gone; FLOWERS is stripped down and mean. The
focus is squarely on Scudder late in his life, and as someone
who's read the entire series it had a profound emotional
impact. And as always, Block's writing goes down easy.
Vince
www.vincekeenan.com Pop culture, high and low, past and
present. One day at a time.
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