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A review by ashkitty93
C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton
3.0
Equal parts exasperating and entertaining.
Kinsey strikes me as an inconsistent narrator and she seems to teeter on the edge of being downright unprofessional at her job. I would expect a PI to be able to cover and think on their feet a bit better than she does in this book. She's also fairly misogynist for a woman. Various descriptions of other women's breasts (coupled with judgments a few pages later) weren't on my bingo card for this book.
Also not sure I understand the Plot A/Plot B structure. This might be a period thing (these books are VERY 80s!) and I might be too used to more recent books with Plot and Subplot structures. I'm all for mysteries being detail-oriented (the devil, as they say...) but this almost felt bogged down in minutiae from time to time. The jogging (by book 3 we all know you hate it but you do it anyway, Kins), the gym, endless descriptions of various dwellings.
I hopped on the audiobook to close it out this morning and I like Mary Peiffer's narration. I'll likely be back for more of her readings on future books, especially in this series.
I also bought X so now I own the entire set, which means I HAVE to read them all
Kinsey strikes me as an inconsistent narrator and she seems to teeter on the edge of being downright unprofessional at her job. I would expect a PI to be able to cover and think on their feet a bit better than she does in this book. She's also fairly misogynist for a woman. Various descriptions of other women's breasts (coupled with judgments a few pages later) weren't on my bingo card for this book.
Also not sure I understand the Plot A/Plot B structure. This might be a period thing (these books are VERY 80s!) and I might be too used to more recent books with Plot and Subplot structures. I'm all for mysteries being detail-oriented (the devil, as they say...) but this almost felt bogged down in minutiae from time to time. The jogging (by book 3 we all know you hate it but you do it anyway, Kins), the gym, endless descriptions of various dwellings.
I hopped on the audiobook to close it out this morning and I like Mary Peiffer's narration. I'll likely be back for more of her readings on future books, especially in this series.
I also bought X so now I own the entire set, which means I HAVE to read them all