I didn't like MYSTIC RIVER at all--kind of feel I wasted my
time reading it, and it certainly wasn't a mystery--and given
D. Lehane's lack of interest in present-day facts and
reality, I'm not inclined to drive myself crazy by reading
his current and proposed historicals.
From what's been revealed so far, Mac
had a hardboiled and clinically fascinating childhood. I hope
to learn more about it in future books in the series. Still,
I'd rather read a prequel with Mac at 20 or a sequel with Mac
at 40, either of them with bits about childhood rabid dogs
and rabid relatives and especially his missing father, than a
book about Mac's childhood.
Joy
Jack Bludis wrote:
> Just to pose a question: do we really want to
get
> into the childhood of characters? . . .
> As much as I think *Mystic River* was a
great
> book, was it really a great mystery? Or was
it
> mainstream with a crime element?
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