I agree with Ron. The first three books are all good, even if
the plots were all the same, with Blue Belle being the best.
After that the quality dropped off, althrough Dead & Gone
is worth a read.
.
On 6/26/07, R. & J. Clinton <
clinton65@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ninposamurai" <
ninposamurai@yahoo.com
<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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