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A review by koshpeli
Pale Kings and Princes by Robert B. Parker
3.0
Going through a reread of all the Spenser books in order. I must say this one was ok but had a lot of potential to be more.
I liked some of the psychological aspects of it, but they could have dug deeper. The two lead female characters (excepting Susan of course) are presented as quite complex. That was refreshing honestly. Parker has done that before but not quite like this. But that complexity isn’t explored till the end and then not in much depth. Just enough to solve the mystery.
The concept of a town either bought and paid for or under the oppressive thumb of a drug lord could have been taken further. The level of the threat to Spenser and the members of the town is also presented inconsistently. In particular. We’re starting to enter that era where Spenser and Hawk are able to easily beat everyone, even people we are told all book long are super tough.
That being said, the book was fun to read and entertaining!
I liked some of the psychological aspects of it, but they could have dug deeper. The two lead female characters (excepting Susan of course) are presented as quite complex. That was refreshing honestly. Parker has done that before but not quite like this. But that complexity isn’t explored till the end and then not in much depth. Just enough to solve the mystery.
The concept of a town either bought and paid for or under the oppressive thumb of a drug lord could have been taken further. The level of the threat to Spenser and the members of the town is also presented inconsistently. In particular. We’re starting to enter that era where Spenser and Hawk are able to easily beat everyone, even people we are told all book long are super tough.
That being said, the book was fun to read and entertaining!