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leeann_a's review
lighthearted
fast-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
3.0
ferrisscottr's review against another edition
4.0
Loved it. Nothing ground breaking here but the same great stories from Roberte Parker. A little sad that there will be no more Jesse Stone novels.
boleary30's review
3.0
The main character of Jesse Stone continues to carry this series, but some new life and more exciting cases need to be introduced or it is going to get old.
mbcrawshaw's review
4.0
I picked this book up at a used book sale. I had no idea it was #9 in a series. I found out right before I started reading it and was hesitant to try it. Would I need to know the characters already, would they mention past characters I should know?
It started off confusing to me but I think it was the style of writing and the fact that the chapters were switching up between characters. I put the book down before I got 20 pages in. I read it at lunch today and read 70 pages, and finished the other 200 when I got home. It's a super quick read and I liked the characters. The other reviews said this one was not his best so I would love to read his earlier books to see how they compare. Overall I really liked it!
It started off confusing to me but I think it was the style of writing and the fact that the chapters were switching up between characters. I put the book down before I got 20 pages in. I read it at lunch today and read 70 pages, and finished the other 200 when I got home. It's a super quick read and I liked the characters. The other reviews said this one was not his best so I would love to read his earlier books to see how they compare. Overall I really liked it!
scott_a_miller's review
4.0
Definitely not the best Stone book by Parker but excellent nonetheless. I’m kind of bummed that this was Parker’s last book but I have most of the Spenser books and all of the Randall books yet to read. I’m not sure if I will continue with the Stone books written by others after Parker’s death. Going to miss Suit and Molly and all the rest of the characters around Jesse Stone.
jannie_mtl's review
2.0
On the weekend, I read Split Image, the latest (and last) novel by the late Robert B. Parker. It's from his Jesse Stone series, and while I've been a fan of his fast-paced novels for years, I found this to be choppy, with very short sentences and rather unrealistic dialogue. On the plus side, he brings Sunny Randall, another one of his protagonists, into this book which makes for an interesting side-plot.
thehodgenator's review against another edition
4.0
Sad that this is Parker's final Jesse Stone novel. Trying to decide if I want to try the ones another author wrote.
But, what a place to take Stone's character, a novel intertwined with both Stone and Sunny Randall. I liked this because it was a subtle way of showing why these two need to be together.
They each have their mystery to solve, but I was disappointed there was no action like we've seen in other Stone novels. With that said, the wrap up of the mysteries is appropriate - as is the end.
But, what a place to take Stone's character, a novel intertwined with both Stone and Sunny Randall. I liked this because it was a subtle way of showing why these two need to be together.
They each have their mystery to solve, but I was disappointed there was no action like we've seen in other Stone novels. With that said, the wrap up of the mysteries is appropriate - as is the end.
alices_bookcase's review
2.0
I'm not quite sure on this book. I did enjoy it, that's for sure. However I don't think I would recommend this to anybody. It's a nice quick read that I guess would do as an easy holiday read but I wouldn't rate it any higher than that. One thing I definitely enjoyed was the very short chapters. I don't have a massively long attention spam so the scene changing every few pages definitely kept me interested. The speech was all very short and in no detail which I'm not sure I liked. However this was a fairly good book overall.
papi's review
2.0
Parker passed away earlier this year, and I'm reluctant to speak I'll of the dead, but Split Image just wasn't at the level of his past writing. It entertained briefly, but like cotton candy, was gone and forgotten almost as soon as I absorbed it. Not so for some of his early novels, like Mortal Stakes, The Judas Goat, or Looking For Rachel Wallace among others. Clearly, though, this one brings the Jessie Stone and Sunny Randall story arcs to an end.
I wonder if Parker actually finished this manuscript before he died, or if some ghost writer engineered the conclusion to bring closure to the two characters?
I wonder if Parker actually finished this manuscript before he died, or if some ghost writer engineered the conclusion to bring closure to the two characters?