I finished THE LAST DETECTIVE yesterday, and am mixed about it. Mild spoilers ahead, so you may want to skip this entry if you plan to read the book. The good news: There was enough of the main protags, Elvis and Joe, to satisfy. The bad news: Elvis and Joe are swerving back toward Spenser and Hawk's superheroics. I would not have expected this given Crais's breakaway in L.A. REQUIEM, but TLD reminded me of Parker's A CATSKILL EAGLE, with Ben Chenier standing in for Susan Silverman and Richard Chenier subbing for Russell Costigan.
Lastly, Crais's multi-POV style turned the supposed-to-be climactic ending into a frenetically slo-mo John Woo showdown. (If you've seen FACE/OFF or MI2, you know what I mean.)
No comments:
Post a Comment