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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Why does Grafton insist on taking every crime back to the 60s and the doping that went along with it? and why does she refrain from presenting any positive relation, especially love. All relations are negative and have to be related to crime and viciousness.
The description of the surroundings and roads is also limitless, yet I have reached so far in the series: The letter Q, and I intend on reading the rest of the series (what has been written of it at least). This must mean there is something to read.
The description of the surroundings and roads is also limitless, yet I have reached so far in the series: The letter Q, and I intend on reading the rest of the series (what has been written of it at least). This must mean there is something to read.
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book felt painfully long for me. I read it for a reading challenge so I didn’t feel I had any choice but to finish it. There was so much filler that could have been removed and cut the book in half. Once things started happening it was interesting enough, but I couldn’t get past how much I disliked the drawn out beginning.
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
A solid outing in the series but nothing super special. Lots of good fast food moments though.
This 17th novel in the Kinsey Milhone series is a nice return to form after a disappointing and frustrating ending to [b:P is for Peril|380976|P is for Peril (Kinsey Millhone, #16)|Sue Grafton|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1390789158s/380976.jpg|7176513]. In fact I would rank this one among the very best that I have read so far in the series. This time around author Sue Grafton was inspired by a real life cold case involving a teenage girl’s murdered body being found, never identified, and of course never solved. Kinsey teams up with a couple of retired detectives, both with significant health problems who alternate hospital stays while Kinsey pounds the pavement.
This is most definitely a police procedural story requiring the hard work and constant digging for clues via looking through old case files and interviewing lots of people even if there is very little hope that they will be able to provide any useful information. Consequently there are a lot of minor characters but I thought, as usual, the author does a great job of making them all unique and even interesting. There is also a bit more progress made on Kinsey’s own personal back story as she continues to learn and become more connected to her family.
I will also note that there are several clever ways that the letter Q is included in the novel. The title itself is a double entendre with “quarry” referring both to the chase for the murderer as well as the physical stone quarry near where the body is found. In addition there are characters with Q names and even the town where most of the plot occurs starts with “Q”.
Looking forward to [b:R is for Ricochet|64862|R is for Ricochet (Kinsey Millhone, #18)|Sue Grafton|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388265730s/64862.jpg|62954].
This is most definitely a police procedural story requiring the hard work and constant digging for clues via looking through old case files and interviewing lots of people even if there is very little hope that they will be able to provide any useful information. Consequently there are a lot of minor characters but I thought, as usual, the author does a great job of making them all unique and even interesting. There is also a bit more progress made on Kinsey’s own personal back story as she continues to learn and become more connected to her family.
I will also note that there are several clever ways that the letter Q is included in the novel. The title itself is a double entendre with “quarry” referring both to the chase for the murderer as well as the physical stone quarry near where the body is found. In addition there are characters with Q names and even the town where most of the plot occurs starts with “Q”.
Looking forward to [b:R is for Ricochet|64862|R is for Ricochet (Kinsey Millhone, #18)|Sue Grafton|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388265730s/64862.jpg|62954].
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I struggled to get into the story on this one, so I downloaded the audiobook and gave the ole eyeballs a break for a few chapters, then I went back to the hardback and devoured the rest.