Re: RARA-AVIS: New Scudder by Block

From: jobrien892@aol.com
Date: 22 Mar 2005


In a message dated 3/22/2005 11:48:14 AM US Mountain Standard Time, vpkeenan@hotmail.com writes:

> 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 have to disagree. I've read all the Scudders and this was by far the worst. The italicized sections took away from Scudder, who is, as someone else pointed out, the reason to read the books. Worse, they were boring. I'm afraid this is another series that has finally run out of gas.

Jeff in the desert

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