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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
Quick read, but I don't know how I feel about the inclusion of the statutory rape couple as not only romantic, but also reunited without any character commenting on how wrong this relationship is.
mysterious
medium-paced
I did like this book and enjoyed the story. I liked how she would go back in time and have the story recreated by the characters on the days leading to the event. It was an interesting read from their perspective. However, Kinsey usually ties the entire story in a big bow. Meaning, you know all the answers to the questions throughout the book. That was not the case in this story which really irked me. I like closure and I don't feel that I had that with this book which is why I gave it just a 3 star. The characters are likable with the exception of Violet. I found her some big floozy which I couldn't stand. I feel the reader was let down a little since the story didn't seem complete with all the questions addressed.
I loved s is for silence by sue grafton. This is another one of the Kinsey books, and I feel like they just get better and better! True, we don't get much about Kinsey and her life in this book… it's focused on the disapearance of a woman named Violet, back in 1953, which is 33 or so years before the present time of this novel (it's set in the late 80s). I love Cold Case on tv, and this was just like one. Kinsey is going back to the town to try to dig up clues on this really old mystery, and mixed in are stories from the point of view of various characters, happening back in the days leading up to her dissapearance way back then. I love seeing how people were then and now. She builds the characters so well, I got right into the story. And, the whole time, you're wondering, which of these people whose heads I've been in may be a killer… and you're hoping that Violet just ran away. Do read this book, which works fine as a stand-alone book if you haven't read the rest of the series.
My least favorite in the series. Very confusing storyline jumping from past to present. I'm still not sure of the connection with the killer. The story was pure fluff, then a whodunit at the end, without real explanation. Also, friends - no always means no. For a writer that wanted to always appear progressive, she sure did miss the mark on this one.
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
S is for Silence opens up the narrative style of the Alphabet books, interspersing the usual first-person account of Kinsey Milhone with third person flashbacks on a thirty-some year old crime from the perspectives of a cast of potential suspects. It has a poor-man's Rashoman quality to it that is nicely executed. I can't help but wonder if Grafton had read Atonement, Ian McEwan's fine novel from three or four years before; some of the young women in S, like the female lead in Atonement, do a great deal of damage by trying to police the sexual behavior of others before they really understand the lay of the land. Either way, in the context of a mass-market detective novel, she does a pretty good job of exploring the push and pull pressures on the sexuality of young women in small town America.
This was an interesting story line but I wasn't as into it as others in this series.
I liked this one because of the dual timeline. It was really interesting reading Violet's final days as well as Kinsey's search for her decades later.
This was one of my favorites of the Sue Grafton alphabet series. I could hardly put it down. The flashbacks were new for her, but I enjoyed them, and they didn't chop up the story too badly. The story was suspenseful and entertaining.