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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I read this book twice, about 17 years apart. I don’t remember much about it from before. This second time around I am reading the volumes in order so I can get a better sense of Grafton’s increasing skills as a story teller.
I am really liking her taking on old unsolved cases and figuring things out by looking at all available facts and heresay What helps to build the story is responses by individuals to her looking into the case and starting to tie loose ends together. The climax in the end brings everything together all at once. I wasn’t too fond of the prolonged flashbacks scenes; it was giving the reader some added information that Kinsey might not have known to the full extent. But these did help the readers make their own guesses as to what really happened. I did not have a guess at who was guilty by the time the plot wrapped things up.
I am really liking her taking on old unsolved cases and figuring things out by looking at all available facts and heresay What helps to build the story is responses by individuals to her looking into the case and starting to tie loose ends together. The climax in the end brings everything together all at once. I wasn’t too fond of the prolonged flashbacks scenes; it was giving the reader some added information that Kinsey might not have known to the full extent. But these did help the readers make their own guesses as to what really happened. I did not have a guess at who was guilty by the time the plot wrapped things up.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Lots of characters. Not much about Kinsey. I still didn't figure out who dunnit until the last chapter!
mysterious
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
As usual Kinsey kept me thoroughly intrigued in her detective work. This novel went back in time in some chapters which I normally dislike but it worked well in developing the characters and storyline. I'll be sad when I reach the end of the alphabet.
In S is for Silence, Kinsey Millhone investigates the disappearance of a woman that occurred 35 years ago. On Independence Day of 1953, Violet Sullivan leaves her seven-year-old daughter with the babysitter to meet her husband to watch fireworks. Violet is never seen again. Over the years, there has been speculation that she ran off with someone or that she was murdered by her husband who was abusive and drank excessively. Violet’s daughter, Daisy, finally wants closure to know what happened to her mother. She hires Kinsey to investigate the cold case for five days. Kinsey interviews everyone still alive and digs through available records on her hunt for answers.
I enjoyed this installment of the Kinsey Millhone, Alphabet series by Sue Grafton. It is different from the other books with using a cold case for Kinsey to investigate. This allowed for Grafton to write parts of the story in present tense while alternating to the past so the reader got to know Violet and the people she interacted with. There are a lot of characters in this story...
I have photos, links to my other book reviews for Sue Grafton, and an author event she did with John Grisham, that I'm unable to include here. It can all be found on my blog, in the link below.
A Book And A Dog
I enjoyed this installment of the Kinsey Millhone, Alphabet series by Sue Grafton. It is different from the other books with using a cold case for Kinsey to investigate. This allowed for Grafton to write parts of the story in present tense while alternating to the past so the reader got to know Violet and the people she interacted with. There are a lot of characters in this story...
I have photos, links to my other book reviews for Sue Grafton, and an author event she did with John Grisham, that I'm unable to include here. It can all be found on my blog, in the link below.
A Book And A Dog
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No