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3.75 stars. I love this series. I can't think of any book in it that I didn't like.
This isn't my favorite in the series, but, full disclosure: I'm not crazy about the audiobook reader (and I listened to most of this), and I skipped T, U and V to listen to this latest title in the series with my husband (who is all caught up) during a recent road trip.
Spending time with these characters feels like spending time with family, and I love Kinsey's attitude and sense of humor. The mystery was just o ...more
This isn't my favorite in the series, but, full disclosure: I'm not crazy about the audiobook reader (and I listened to most of this), and I skipped T, U and V to listen to this latest title in the series with my husband (who is all caught up) during a recent road trip.
Spending time with these characters feels like spending time with family, and I love Kinsey's attitude and sense of humor. The mystery was just o ...more
AUTHOR: GRAFTON, Sue
TITLE: W is for Wasted
Date Read: 01/20/14
RATING: 5/A
GENRE/PUB DATE/PUBLISHER/# OF PGS: Crime Fiction/2013/Putnam/484 pgs
SERIES/STAND ALONE: #23
TIME/PLACE: 1980's/California
CHARACTERS: Kinsey Millhone/PI
FIRST LINES: Two dead men changed the course of my life that fall.
COMMENTS: Sue Grafton is still a great read for me. Despite it taking me a while to finish -- I think my not feeling well was more at fault than the book content -- I really enjoyed this 23rd entry in the Alph ...more
TITLE: W is for Wasted
Date Read: 01/20/14
RATING: 5/A
GENRE/PUB DATE/PUBLISHER/# OF PGS: Crime Fiction/2013/Putnam/484 pgs
SERIES/STAND ALONE: #23
TIME/PLACE: 1980's/California
CHARACTERS: Kinsey Millhone/PI
FIRST LINES: Two dead men changed the course of my life that fall.
COMMENTS: Sue Grafton is still a great read for me. Despite it taking me a while to finish -- I think my not feeling well was more at fault than the book content -- I really enjoyed this 23rd entry in the Alph ...more
It’s been a long time since I read a Kinsey Millhone mystery, and I don’t know if I changed or the books changed, but this was not great. It felt long and tired and drawn out. Grafton’s style is to throw all the details at you, so it’s not obvious what will be an important clue, and that’s fine, but also felt very tedious here. That said, some details were very clearly projected at us to be important and that felt clumsy, too. Grafton is not at the top of her game in this one.
After a while I los ...more
After a while I los ...more
It was OK. A familiar, warm-time-spent-with-an-old-friend, but no sparks. I like the series, the Kinsey character, and the supporting cast (although some of the beloved older characters are now approaching an age when one anticipates a shift to nursing home residency or a funeral farewell). Any other comments would be spoilers and the book is predictable enough without me revealing more.
Maybe 3.5 at times. I liked the book, I really did. It just seemed a leetle too long. I think at least 100 pages could have easily been cut. But, I still love Kinsey and Henry. Loved the addition of Ed. :)
It has been a while since I have read a Kinsey Milhone book, and I had forgotten how good they are. This one was excellent, and I am happy that I already have "X".
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Grafton never disappoints me. Finally got around to reading W...can’t wait for...can it be? X?
Now I'm up to date with Grafton, but I rue the fact there are only three more to go.
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