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Title: Burn Marks by Sara Paretsky ISBN: 0-440-20845-9 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 05 February, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: A tedious disappointment
Comment: After having finished Burn Marks last night, I read the on-line reviews here. Isn't it interesting how the same book can provoke such different opinions?
Look out, VI fans - I'm about to commit sacrilege.
I found Burn Marks in my bookshelf while hunting for some bedside reading. After the first chapter I got the impression that I'd read the book before, but never finished it.
I soon realized why.
So long-winded, so verbose, frankly - so BORING!
Ms Warshawski is alternately dead tired, sick, throwing up, having headaches, being injured or detailing the condition of every last burn blister in minute detail; her old Chevy is "groaning" on virtually every page, sometimes even in consecutive paragraphs, until it predictably dies; the plot barely gets going only in the last couple of chapters.
OK, I'm exaggerating a bit, but not much.
Doesn't Ms. Paretsky have an editor who could weed her story down by some 50 percent?
By sheer dogged persistence I managed to arrive at the final chapters, where the tension picks up a bit.
But unless you're looking for a sleeping pill, stay away.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent read
Comment: This is the best installment of the VI Warshawski series that I have read. Here, she's tough and uncompromising yet vulnerable. This book is most thoroughly recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: My Favorite Paretsky
Comment: Vic must reluctantly rescue her Aunt Elena, a notorious drunkard, con woman and flirt. While she is disgusted at Elena's antics, she is discerning enough to know that she shares some of Elena's character flaws. As usual, Vic's good heartedness leads her into a murky world of dishonest politicians, traitorous cops and disgruntled bankers. As usual, she can rely on none but herself to solve the mystery and right the wrongs of the system. As usual, Peppy, Mr. Contreras (Sal)and Lottie are ever watchful and protective of their friend. As usual, this book is filled with interesting characters, locations, events and probing character analyses. If you like your protagonists intelligent, resourceful, wisecracking yet wearing the perfect set of Magli pumps, this heroine is for you.
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Title: Indemnity Only by Sara Paretsky ISBN: 0440210690 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 01 June, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Deadlock by Sara Paretsky ISBN: 0440213320 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 02 March, 1992 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Killing Orders by Sara Paretsky ISBN: 0440215285 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 05 September, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Bitter Medicine by Sara Paretsky ISBN: 044023476X Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 13 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Tunnel Vision by Sara Paretsky ISBN: 0440217520 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 01 May, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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