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A review by bundy23
The Sins of the Fathers by Lawrence Block
3.0
It’s very strange reading a detective story where the dick doesn’t get shot at, beaten up, arrested, bang numerous femme fatales or even torture anyone but not Matthew Scudder. He spends his time wandering about asking questions, politely working with the police, speaking about his victim/s with respect, being totally cool with “the gays” and then eventually solving the crime, all within 200 pages.
Sadly the end made zero sense psychologically which ruined it for me even though I get what the author was trying to do. I’m unsure whether I’ll continue with the series but a lot of reviewers here point out it’s takes until about the 5th book before it really finds its feet. We’ll see...
Sadly the end made zero sense psychologically which ruined it for me even though I get what the author was trying to do. I’m unsure whether I’ll continue with the series but a lot of reviewers here point out it’s takes until about the 5th book before it really finds its feet. We’ll see...