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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
informative
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
For a novel that begins by telling the reader that Kinsey's client will be murdered within the week, "C is for Corpse" provides a twisty mystery with plenty of surprises. Bobby Callaghan hires P.I. Kinsey Millhone to find out who tried to murder him. The failed attempt on his life has left him broken and scarred with huge gaps in his memory. As Kinsey tries to help him untangle the few impressions he does remember, she is drawn into Santa Teresa's high society. As it turns out, Bobby's family of movers and shakers has more skeletons in the closet than Kinsey could have dreamed. This novel slowly unfolds to its panicked and terrifying climax! As always I was enthralled by Ms. Grafton's descriptions of people and places. She has a beautiful and alternately witty way of painting Kinsey and her world that has me hooked.
I think this is only my second (maybe third time) reading this one. I recognize the theme of the book (skewering the rich) from later entries in the series and now see that this was the first.
It’s a colder entry in the series.
It’s a colder entry in the series.
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Each book so far in the "alphabet series" has been better than the last and it seems that now, with this third book, Sue Grafton has hit her stride. This had a bit of an unusual plot, as Kinsey Malone, the protagonist sleuth works for a deceased client.
It's interesting to read a traditional sort of mystery that was written in the '80's as compared to today's typically more adreneline-charged novels. There are no cell phones/internet, etc to get instant information so the plot, by necessity, is just different than a typical mystery of the last 10 years or so. It will be interesting to see how this series changes with the times as we go through the whole alphabet to today's era and beyond.
It's interesting to read a traditional sort of mystery that was written in the '80's as compared to today's typically more adreneline-charged novels. There are no cell phones/internet, etc to get instant information so the plot, by necessity, is just different than a typical mystery of the last 10 years or so. It will be interesting to see how this series changes with the times as we go through the whole alphabet to today's era and beyond.
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
slow-paced
Another great book in the Kinsey Millhone saga!
fast-paced