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Title: Hunting Season by Nevada Barr, Joyce Bean ISBN: 1-59086-001-2 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Pub. Date: 01 February, 2002 Format: Audio CD Volumes: 5 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.66 (32 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Barr's first repeat locale disappoints -- dull at times
Comment: According to my notes, this is the ninth novel in the [Park Ranger, now district manager] Anna Pigeon series, of which we admit to being big fans. It is however the first to reprise both the Natchez Trace location (all the others were set in a different National Park each time) and many of the characters from her prior offering, "Deep South". Indeed, Barr in real life is a ranger in the Natchez Trace, so one might wonder if she bowed to convenience in serving up another story from her every day stomping grounds. Interestingly, the plot is a little "lazy" as well, with most of the whole middle of the book little but mental ramblings on Anna's part that got a little boring to us after a while. Most of the real action is in the first and last tenths of the book, so it's a little yawny in between. Plus the outcome was not really all that shocking if you followed the circumstances a little more carefully than did our leading lady for two-thirds of the book.
Barr is known for fine writing and her awesome descriptions of the very unusual locales in which she sets her stories. Her heroine is very real to life, an early forty-ish, non-yuppie, who doesn't have snappy clothes, snappy cars, boyfriends galore, drink white wine (actually, Anna is a recovering alcoholic), or jog or swim many miles each day keeping the body well-honed. She's more like us -- plodding along doing the best we can, with some griping and whining along the way! Assuming "Hunting Season" isn't the end of the road, let's hope for a return to the form of the first eight in the series on Barr's next outing.
Rating: 2
Summary: not up to par
Comment: Of all the Anna Pigion books I have read, this is the worst. The charecters are shallow and stiff, the dialog stillted and meaningless, and the park is not well described and in no way seems like a place one would like to visit. This mystery seems to be a big "so what". Not nearly up to Ms Barr's best efforts.
Rating: 5
Summary: Good book in a great series!
Comment: This was not by favorite Nevada Barr, but only because I didn't find the Nachez Trace to be as interesting as some of the other parks visited in this series. But it was still very good. I think I enjoy these books so much because I identify with the character of Anna Pidgeon. I share many of her values and beliefs so she comes alive for me. Perhaps that is also the reason why some of the other reviewers don't like the books. Instead of criticizing the author's "NPR soapbox" writing, they need to understand that, as in real life, some characters express points of view that you, the reader, may not share. Hey, I am the way. If a character expresses views I don't agree with, I find myself liking that character less. Suffice it to say, I adore Anna and I hope she has many more adventures in National Parks all over the USA.
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Title: Blood Lure by Nevada Barr ISBN: 0425183750 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Flashback by Nevada Barr ISBN: 0425194493 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Deep South by Nevada Barr ISBN: 0425178951 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 06 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Endangered Species: An Anna Pigeon Mystery by Nevada Barr ISBN: 0380725835 Publisher: Avon Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Liberty Falling: An Anna Pigeon Mystery by Nevada Barr ISBN: 0380728273 Publisher: Avon Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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