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Title: Mr. Paradise : A Novel by Elmore Leonard, Forster Robert ISBN: 0-06-058626-5 Publisher: HarperAudio Pub. Date: 13 January, 2004 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.45 (38 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: leonard on auto-pilot
Comment: Mr. Paradise is bad. The fact is, there are no interesting characters. Leonard, who has dreamed up many memorable ones in the past, comes up glaringly short. I was especially dissapointed with the bad guys. They are usally Leonards trademark, his most exciting characters. Here, they were just stupid. Not cleverly stupid--poorly written stupid. Boring. Instantly forgetable.
Leonard is a master at narrating thoughts, but without any interesting characters, why do we care what they're thinking?
He can make even the most outrageous actions seem inevitable, even reasonable. Here they just seem far-fetched. Their actions frequently made no sense. Several times I had to stop and just shake my head.
Usually, I'm looking forward to the final showdown, but not this time. As I expected, it fizzled. Who's gonna win? The good guys...who cares? The bad guys...who cares? I wanted them all to die. By the time I got to the end I was that underwhelmed.
Elmore Leonard is one of my favorite authors. I've read many of his books and enjoyed them all. He writes with control and finesse I can only marvel at. Even the masters, though, put out cheese every once in awhile. This book felt like a rough draft. Like he did it in a hurry and didn't care. Like he's got nothing to prove...I hope not. Hopefully he spends more time on his next work. If you haven't read Elmore Leonard yet, DO NOT START WITH MR. PARADISE. IT SUCKS.
Rating: 3
Summary: Mr. Paradise: A crime novel
Comment: I have only read so far one other novel by Elmore Leonard besides this new one, "Mr. Paradise, and that was "Get Shorty", which was later adapted to the screen, first published in 1990. For the record I do not consider myself, yet, a big fan of Mr. Leonard, but I am slowly warming to his brand of mystery and crime fiction. In his latest novel, "Mr. Paradise" (2004), Mr. Leonard takes us to Detroit, Michigan for the setting of this new work. In it we are introduced to Frank Delsa, homicide detective of the Detroit Police Department, who has a double homicide on his hands. One murder victim is Chloe Robinette, attractive blond escort and personal girlfriend to second murder victim, Tony Paradiso, aka Mr. Paradise, an 84 year old retired attorney. The murders take place in Mr. Paradise's home one night as an apparent home invasion attack. Early on we are introduced to the many characters dotting the landscape of this fast-paced crime novel and we see it through the eyes of detective, Frank Delsa. The pace is quick and the book is a page turner, coming in at 291 pages. The dialogue is snappy and reflects the street slang used by the African-American characters, especially portrayed by Montez Taylor, personal assistant to Mr. Paradise. Overall the book is concise and reveals the mastery of the author in this genre of fiction, peppered with the seamier side of ghetto life and the criminal element. And whereas the book is sleek and sexy it also has a tendency to get bogged down with too many extraneous characters and street slang that is at times hard to follow and often choppy. And as I haven't read a great deal of Mr. Leonard's body of work with which to compare this book I will assume this isn't his finest effort. However, having said that, "Mr. Paradise" is indeed an enjoyable and fast read that reveals an author who it can easily be said is a master of mystery and crime fiction.
Rating: 3
Summary: Wait for the paperback
Comment: Elmore Leonard's characters and plot lines are often a bit wierd and in this latest effort, wierdness rules. A contract murder by a couple of bungling hit men sets in motion a whole scenario of sub plots which are mildly entertaining, but never compelling.If you are an EL fan, wait for the summer and buy it in paperback for a beach read.
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