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Sunset Limited by James Lee Burke

I think I've said it before but I do like Burke's style in these Dave Robicheaux novels. The funny thing is that I'm not overly impressed with his other works. If you don't know anything about Dave Robicheaux, he's a middle aged detective for the sheriff's department in New Iberia, Louisiana. He's a Vietnam veteran and suffers from nightmares. He's been married twice. His first wife died and in a later book after this one. I sometimes wish I had had the opportunity to read them all in order.

But let's get back to this book. I don't think I've read this one before but thoughout the book I had a strong deja vu feeling. Either I had read it and just didn't remember what happened, which is possible, or the plot was extremely similar to another Robicheaux novel. Burke's descriptions and dialogue made me feel as if I was there. I could almost see and hear the various characters.

As with any of Burke's Robicheaux novels, Sunset Limited is worth your time reading. I highly recommend it.

posted by Paul @ 10:06 AM 0 comments

Lasher by Anne Rice

Believe it or not, I've never read a book by Anne Rice until now. I must tell you that this book did not live up to the hype I have heard about her. While the book wasn't boring, it was extremely slow and much of her dialog and description was simply too long. I guess the horror genre is not what it once was. I found myself not feeling any empathy for either Lasher or any member of the Mayfair family. Of the two characters I did become interested in due to their having some type of personality, Dr. Larkin disappears mysteriously with no clear explanation. Larkin was one of the most developed characters in the book His disappearance and assumed death is sudden and without cause. Rice never explains what may have happened to him. Yuri was the other character that I became interested in during the early chapters but toward the end it's as if Rice didn't know what to do with him and simply had him wandering around with little if any purpose.

Overall, I was very disappointed in this work by someone some say is a very good author. I don't recommend the book at all.

posted by Paul @ 4:34 PM 0 comments