tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314249.post116811324104344478..comments2023-10-05T03:09:06.036-04:00Comments on Very Much So: From the man who brought you THIN AIR and POTSHOT...Gerald Sohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03571407711439433431noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314249.post-1168127016102280262007-01-06T18:43:00.000-05:002007-01-06T18:43:00.000-05:00I still read the Spenser and Jesse Stone books bec...I still read the Spenser and Jesse Stone books because I moderate <A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spensneak" REL="nofollow">Spenser's Sneakers</A> and I wouldn't feel right commenting on Parker's latest work without reading it.<BR/><BR/>I know lots of people still like Parker's style. While they call it "effortless" or "easy," I think it's gotten borderline sloppy. My current opinion has no bearing on my opinion of the early books or of Spenser's origins as a 1970s update of the private eye.<BR/><BR/>I'm less interested in Sunny Randall, but if someone gave me a Randall book, I'd read it. I haven't mustered much interest in his standalones and have not read many of them.Gerald Sohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03571407711439433431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314249.post-1168122519227143852007-01-06T17:28:00.000-05:002007-01-06T17:28:00.000-05:00See, I'm curious, if it bothers you so much... why...See, I'm curious, if it bothers you so much... why read it? Or at least why buy it...?<BR/><BR/>I still buy Parker on first print... he still cracks me up and is a helluva stylist.. so I read him and there's always at least one moment a book where I say "That's why I read Robert B. Parker."Dave Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10185814518997114591noreply@blogger.com