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adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.25
Audiobook (All of my entries on The Story Graph are audiobooks.)
#12 in series (I started reading this series on 4/6/22 and I have been committed to this series since 8/4/22. )
Will I read other installments?Probably Not Maybe Definitely This was the last of the Dave Brandstetter books. It was published over thirty years ago. Joseph Hansen has been dead since 2004. I am sad the series is over. I enjoyed the story of Brandstetter's life as much as I liked the mysteries. Hansen wrote with tenderness.
I was afraid to end the book.
The reader doesn't know for sure what happens to Brandstetter. He seems to suffer a heart attack, which was brewing throughout the story. The paramedics were called, but when Brandstetter awakens in darkness, the reader doesn't know if it's death. It could be another chance, a last warning to Brandstetter. Brandstetter spent some of the novel righting wrongs. The reader learns about some characters from other books, one of whom is dying from AIDS. There is only a reference to Brandstetter's old lover, Doug, but the author doesn't tell us if he's healthy or happy. I would have liked to have known.
The reader doesn't know if Brandstetter set out to care for Cecil in his will, although it seems likely. Does it matter? This was a long time ago and Cecil would probably be dead now anyway. Goodbye Dave. Thanks for the stories.
Comparison to others in series: Not as good About the same Better
The narrator was Keith Szarabajka. He read it well.
Source: New York Public Library
#12 in series (I started reading this series on 4/6/22 and I have been committed to this series since 8/4/22. )
Will I read other installments?
I was afraid to end the book.
The reader doesn't know if Brandstetter set out to care for Cecil in his will, although it seems likely. Does it matter? This was a long time ago and Cecil would probably be dead now anyway. Goodbye Dave. Thanks for the stories.
Comparison to others in series: Not as good About the same Better
The narrator was Keith Szarabajka. He read it well.
Source: New York Public Library
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Murder, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Classism, Death, and Grief
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