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kanissa 's review for:
Rules of Prey
by John Sandford
Although I've filed this in my "mystery" shelf, there's no mystery here - from the very beginning the reader knows who's committing these crimes. So it's more of a thriller; it's all about the chase, the cat-and-mouse game. And in this sense, the book was well-done. I couldn't put it down once I got through the first half.
Lucas Davenport is a larger-than-life character, and there's no way he could be real. He's a rich, womanizing, talented police officer, who bucks the police bureaucracy and cultivates underworld contacts. But at the same time, he's friends with a nun. He writes games (from context I am guessing these are generally either very complex board games or tabletop roleplay games like D&D) and plays them with a random group of people (including the nun). But Mr Sandford appears to realize this, since he acknowledges similar points in his foreward. Hey, it's a novel, who said the detective has to be realistic?
Since this is obviously a long-running series, will be interesting to see how Davenport develops over the other books. From the list of his traits above, you may assume that I don't always approve of his behavior. But then, I didn't approve of the behavior of just about anyone in the book. (How about the female reporter who takes advantage of sleeping with Davenport to listen in on confidential phone calls at his house? Oh, and yeah, that bit where she got pregnant by him without discussing it with him first, and then just assuming he'd stay faithful to her for a few years. Someone hire these characters a therapist!)
Although 1989 isn't really that long ago, it's funny to hear how much some things have changed. (WOW, a 28-inch TV! A DOS computer! How technologically advanced!)
Lucas Davenport is a larger-than-life character, and there's no way he could be real. He's a rich, womanizing, talented police officer, who bucks the police bureaucracy and cultivates underworld contacts. But at the same time, he's friends with a nun. He writes games (from context I am guessing these are generally either very complex board games or tabletop roleplay games like D&D) and plays them with a random group of people (including the nun). But Mr Sandford appears to realize this, since he acknowledges similar points in his foreward. Hey, it's a novel, who said the detective has to be realistic?
Since this is obviously a long-running series, will be interesting to see how Davenport develops over the other books. From the list of his traits above, you may assume that I don't always approve of his behavior. But then, I didn't approve of the behavior of just about anyone in the book. (How about the female reporter who takes advantage of sleeping with Davenport to listen in on confidential phone calls at his house? Oh, and yeah, that bit where she got pregnant by him without discussing it with him first, and then just assuming he'd stay faithful to her for a few years. Someone hire these characters a therapist!)
Although 1989 isn't really that long ago, it's funny to hear how much some things have changed. (WOW, a 28-inch TV! A DOS computer! How technologically advanced!)