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A review by amothersmusings1
A Walk Among the Tombstones by Lawrence Block
4.0
I'd already watched the movie "A Walk Among the Tombstones" not knowing it was based on the book of the same title by well known American author Lawrence Block. I was therefore very keen to buy the book and read for comparison. Already having Liam Neeson in my head as the main character, ex detective and private investigator Matthew Scudder, I was pleasantly surprised how much Liam's acting actually fitted with the written character, the mannerisms and dialogue being identical and in my opinion a brilliant and excellent choice of casting!
The book itself kept my attention, it had a really interesting plot line and contained some good characters. I liked Matt who was dry, straight talking and very knowledgable (apart from technology!) but for me young, black teenager TJ was the star of the show, street smart, funny and very endearing.
I was expecting quite a lot of violence, not sure why but there was very little apart from some bloody descriptions of victims injuries and because the storyline was based on kidnapped women it was obviously quite brutal but nothing was offensive and found it all in all a very entertaining story.
I've knocked a star off purely because I struggled at times with the local Brooklyn dialogue but that was just me. Having said that, it did add a definite authenticity to the story and made it very atmospheric along with the many local street and subway descriptions.
I'd happily read more by Lawrence Block, this book is apparently number ten in the Matthew Scudder series so there's many more to read and I'd certainly recommend "A Walk Among the Tombstones" both the book and the film.
4 stars
The book itself kept my attention, it had a really interesting plot line and contained some good characters. I liked Matt who was dry, straight talking and very knowledgable (apart from technology!) but for me young, black teenager TJ was the star of the show, street smart, funny and very endearing.
I was expecting quite a lot of violence, not sure why but there was very little apart from some bloody descriptions of victims injuries and because the storyline was based on kidnapped women it was obviously quite brutal but nothing was offensive and found it all in all a very entertaining story.
I've knocked a star off purely because I struggled at times with the local Brooklyn dialogue but that was just me. Having said that, it did add a definite authenticity to the story and made it very atmospheric along with the many local street and subway descriptions.
I'd happily read more by Lawrence Block, this book is apparently number ten in the Matthew Scudder series so there's many more to read and I'd certainly recommend "A Walk Among the Tombstones" both the book and the film.
4 stars