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So today, I've decided to share some Bookish Musings and I'm curious about your input on -
Detective Novels
In the last few weeks I've read 2 dedicated P.I. novels, and before that I had read 0.
What I've found in these books (Where Angels Fear to Tread by Thomas Sniegoski & School Days by Robert B. Parker) is that ... detectives bore me.
This may not be a popular opinion, I don't know. But the serialization that seems to be part and parcel with a detective novel means it's hard to connect with a character or the world in a single book.
Also, the books I read weren't the first in either series. Maybe that was a failure on my part.
I had hoped to get at least a bit of backstory but it seemed to get swept under the rug instead.
This is really what bugged me - the individual case seemed to wither take up a whole scene or be entirely missing.
There was not a great deal of weaving stories.
Instead the books were segmented and rather one-dimensional.
Does anyone else see this in PI/Detective novels? Or is it just me?
I just couldn't really get into the story. They both seemed like a single episode of a series, and School Days felt more like filler than an integral story.
Thoughts? Opinions? Am I totally wrong? Let me know!
This is really what bugged me - the individual case seemed to wither take up a whole scene or be entirely missing.
There was not a great deal of weaving stories.
Instead the books were segmented and rather one-dimensional.
Does anyone else see this in PI/Detective novels? Or is it just me?
I just couldn't really get into the story. They both seemed like a single episode of a series, and School Days felt more like filler than an integral story.
Thoughts? Opinions? Am I totally wrong? Let me know!
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