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Henry Rios Mysteries Challenge #7: Rag and Bone
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If there's one Henry Rios book that i'd consider rereading, it would be this one. Finally, something less depressing. The books are all beautifully written and the courtroom scenes, the politics, the mysteries, all that was very interesting, but Henry himself, i don't really know how i feel about him...; it's as though other characters were more immediately real, sometimes for the brief time they had in the story, than Henry has been. Which i guess is interesting in itself. That strange perspective.
After everything he's put us through I almost felt like this book was too easy. I don't dare to trust in optimistic tone of the end (even though he so deserves it). Still there's a lot potential for blow ups (Jon's relapses in drinking, the reliogious discussions, other family stuff) but not fatal ones, I hope.I admire that he is able to welcome this new part of his family with (kind of) open arms.
I've started yesterday evening, read seriously for a while and then started to jump forward. I know that after I'll be sorry, but I do it anyway... *frustrated*
Calathea wrote: "After everything he's put us through I almost felt like this book was too easy. I don't dare to trust in optimistic tone of the end (even though he so deserves it). Still there's a lot potential fo..."I agree. A very cautious HFN. But Jon seems to be the right person for him, and everything else is moving slowly into place, so there's hope. Finally! :-)
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Jordan wrote: "I'm debating whether to read this right away. Your conversation is definitely swaying me toward reading it. I need there to be something happy for him even if one can never be sure things will stay..."I had to read this one pretty much right away. I also needed something good to eventually happen to Henry after all he's been through.
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Yeah, ended up reading the first two chapters over breakfast. I'm just thankful his heart attack happened at the beginning of the book, and not the end like Brandstetter's stroke. So glad.
He needs some happy after everything that's happened to him.
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I guess it's entirely possible his novelization of The Odyssey could have used Ulysses. Though the edition I had that dated from the 1920's and was a school edition, was a novelization and used Odesseus, so, I don't know.
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I think this one and The Burning Plain were my two favorites out of all seven.
I post also here this ''spotlight'' about today's birthday child, Michael Nava:http://reviews-and-ramblings.dreamwid...
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And thanks for the post, Antonella!
I have just finished and I loved this. I will definitely read it again. I think it is a fitting place to stop the series as well but I do wish there had been more. I like the sense of Henry finding life again after the losses of his previous loves and the darkness of the last book. Henry has come such a long way in his journey. I would have loved to see him as a judge.
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Agreed. I always like to see the happy endings play out after having so much sadness and hardship. One little coda would have been perfect. lol.
The Henry Rios Mystery Challenge ended September 30. Find here the overview of the challenge and, please, feel free to go on discussing the books after this date. 
I'm going to delete the challenge from the homepage of the group to make room for other challenges to come.
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Thanks for posting, Antonella!
Here we can discuss the final book of Henry Rios Mysteries Rag and Bone by Michael Nava for our challenge. Feel free to post as soon as you've read the book. :-)