I strongly support what Ron said...more recent books were
really far far away from the initial burst...and Two Trains
Running was so unreadable that I droped it after a few
chapters...
Sad since the first ones were brilliant and so were Stella
and Getaway Man.
Steve Novak
Cinefrog@comcast.net
On 6/26/07 2:21 PM, "R. & J. Clinton" <
clinton65@comcast.net> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ninposamurai" <
ninposamurai@yahoo.com
<mailto:ninposamurai%40yahoo.com>
> >
>> > Hi. Not long ago i read,Flood by Andrew
Vachss,again.I would like to
>> > know your opinion,of it. Thank
You!
>> > Jeff
>
> I thought his first three books -- FLOOD, STREGA and
BLUE BELLE -- were
> outstanding. Unfortunately, he opted to continue
what would have been a
> very memorable and remarkable trilogy into a series
that quickly became
> stale and repetitive (though the 4th and 5th in the
series were okay),
> progressively morphing into a pale cartoon
caricature of its former power
> and originality. I haven't read a new Vachss in
years, but I did read the
> Burke series up to the tenth volume (SAFE HOUSE,
1998), so I think I can
> safely say that I continued to give it a chance to
prove itself anew, to
> reignite some freshness to the character, his
"family" and their
> struggles...but it all began to read to me like a
episodic comic book, full
> of cliches, forced/trite dialogue and
all-too-obvious commentary.
>
> His standalone works are hit and miss. STELLA was
brilliant. THE GETAWAY
> MAN was similarly striking. Conversely, I found TWO
TRAINS RUNNING
> unreadable.
>
> His short-story collections are always entertaining
and impressive...I'd
> highly recommend both.
>
> Ron Clinton
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