Vachss hit his peak with Blue Bell, which was the third Burke
Novel. Strega and Flood are good too, but the first three
novels all have the exact same plot. Dead and Gone was a
valiant attempt to breathe new life into an old character,
and it was pretty good, but most of the Burke novels just
aren't that memorable. The vast majority all seem to run
together in my head.
On 3/25/07, Michael Robison <
miker_zspider@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Bought this a couple years ago and finally got
around
> to reading it. It was an improvement over the
last
> one I read of his, but I don't see the magic I saw
in
> the early ones. It could be that the newness is
worn
> off for me. I first discovered Vachss just
browsing
> in Barnes and Nobles, so it was a cool discovery.
The
> unusual characters and vigilante intensity are
not
> something I commonly found at Barnes and Nobles.
I
> think I might go back and reread some of his
first
> books, but I think I'm calling it quits on the
rest.
>
> miker
>
>
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