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A review by qalminator
Somebody Killed His Editor by Josh Lanyon
3.0
Enjoyable little mystery saga, where a writer at a writer's retreat cut off by weather and a bridge collapse solves a murder, while reconnecting with an old lover. I liked the meta-aspect of it, where he keeps comparing how this plot is going to the ones in his own books. There were several nice redirects, where evidence seemed to point one way, then another, then another.
The romance subplot is amusing, and somewhat sweet, but either Lanyon is really bad at writing sex scenes, or Free is really bad at reading them. My guess is some of both, but I'd have to compare by reading the text to really decide, and I don't own the text version. I mostly found myself laughing through the sex scenes, as they felt ridiculous and overwrought. Mercifully, they were short. I think Lanyon would have been better off with a brief, non-graphic description for them, then cutting back in for the aftermath, but I'm aware that the book industry seems to think anything with a male-male relationship is expected to show the sex, so... * shrugs *
Since I'm more interested in the plot, I was just amused by the whole thing, though I did wonder how hard it would be to edit those scenes out for future listens....
The romance subplot is amusing, and somewhat sweet, but either Lanyon is really bad at writing sex scenes, or Free is really bad at reading them. My guess is some of both, but I'd have to compare by reading the text to really decide, and I don't own the text version. I mostly found myself laughing through the sex scenes, as they felt ridiculous and overwrought. Mercifully, they were short. I think Lanyon would have been better off with a brief, non-graphic description for them, then cutting back in for the aftermath, but I'm aware that the book industry seems to think anything with a male-male relationship is expected to show the sex, so... * shrugs *
Since I'm more interested in the plot, I was just amused by the whole thing, though I did wonder how hard it would be to edit those scenes out for future listens....