[ebooktalk] Re: MORE GENERAL READING
- From: "Shell" <shell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 09:32:52 +0100
I couldn't get on with John connolly at all. I read the first one when a friend
recommended it highly, but I found it not to my liking. It is amazing how many
fictional coppers are called Charlie Parker though. There is another whole
series and I read a book last month which had a smaller roll for another one.
Shell.
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From: "Steven Bingham" <steven.bingham1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 9:04 AM
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Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: MORE GENERAL READING
> Ian
>
> I think I've read five of the Charlie Parker books and enjoyed them all.
> They do tend to the macabre and you certainly wouldn't read one to cheer
> yourself up. I love the larger-than-life characters but feel that sometimes
> the narrative goes over the top rather - it is often a case of why have one
> body when you can have half-a-dozen.
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Ian Macrae
> Sent: 04 June 2013 20:54
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> Subject: [ebooktalk] MORE GENERAL READING
>
> Before settling on theMcewan, I had tried starting a number of other books.
> One of these was the recently uploaded Mark billingham but I found its tone
> and style rather banal. In the end, looking for something reliable I went
> for book 4 in John connolly's Charlie Parker series. These are well written
> and popuylated with interesting characters, often damaged like Parker
> himself. they also mix rye humour with the macabre. I've done 90 pages of
> this one and am enjoying it very much. Then waiting in the wings is Year Of
> wonders, a book which draws my interest.
>
>
>
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