Kevin Burton Smith wrote:
> But average is a good word for the Kenzie-Genarro
series. There's
> nothing really wrong with them, but I find they lack
that extra
> something that pushes them over the top, and cuts
them from the
> crowd. Strange, I know, that in other ways, that's
all Lehane keeps
> trying to do: go over the top, with one
hey-this'll-shock 'em!
> unpleasantness after another.
> Maybe it's because I never really buy into the lead
characters of
> Patrick and Angie. Anyway, it's nice to know there's
a few other
> folks on this list that aren't completely blown away
by the series.
You're right. Even though I liked the book I agree with you
almost totally. Lehane has a habit of shocking his readers -
it's pretty obivous with the pedophile family in "Gone, Baby,
Gone" and I didn't find any cathartic meaning in the
repulsion Lehane tried to create. And Patrick and Angie are
pretty empty characters and I didn't feel knowing them at
all.
Juri
jurnum@utu.fi
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