--- Jim Beaver <
jumblejim@prodigy.net> wrote:
> >
> > I will never understand this, because I
should
> love the stuff without
> > question, but I always have trouble
getting
> through the Chandler work. I
> > read it, and it's so nice, but I just get
stuck,
> and I've never known why,
> > exactly.
> >
>
> I suppose it's what it always gets ascribed
to,
> personal tastes
True enough. If you start to dig heavily into any one genre,
you'll inevitably stumble across writers that don't speak to
you, even though every other fan you meet seems to like them.
Here's a couple of mine -- one past, one recent:
Phillip Atlee -- Tried to read THE SILKEN BARONESS CONTRACT a
little while ago and couldn't finish it. I found it oddly
dull, to tell you the truth, and not particularly insightful
about a spy's lot in life.
(I've tried to read THE GREEN WOUND CONTRACT three times and
have yet to finish it.) So that's it for me and Mr. Atlee --
too bad, really, 'cause this is just the sort of thing I
like, normally.
Robert Crais -- The early novels strike me as bad Parker
knock-offs. LA REQUIEM was recommended as a departure from
the formula -- it was, but to my mind not in a good way. I
found this also rather tedious, and the plot twists and turns
incredibly obvious. Also, oddly enough, the more I learned
about Pike the less interested I was in the character --
which probably says more about me, what I expect from
stories, than it does about the book's quality.
Point here is, these authors probably aren't "bad" -- it's
just I can't hear whatever tune they're singing.
doug
===== Doug Bassett
dj_bassett@yahoo.com
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