Pat wrote:
"I just read Cape Fear and had exactly the same reaction. In
MNSHO the protagonist was a bumbling fool. I was never
convinced that he risked his family because of some high
moral respect for the law."
I finally picked up The Executioners after the recent praise
for it in comparison to the movies, which I like. I must
admit that I agree with Pat. I'm struggling with it. Frankly,
I'd rather the story had been told from Cady's perspective. I
lose interest once he is out of the picture. I was pretty
much bored by the picture of happy family life before he came
along. The plot doesn't move that fast in the first place,
but is stopped cold whenever Bowden has one of his moral
debates. I will finish it, but I keep setting it aside to
read other things. If this is among the best of his
non-series work, I think I might stick with Travis.
Mark
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