Showing posts with label John Sandord. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Sandord. Show all posts

Friday, December 3, 2010

John Sandford, Bad Boy

Has anyone read the new Virgil Flowers book, Bad Boy?
I would like to start a discussion since I have heard so many different comments. And read so many varied reviews.
It was not an easy book, with the subject matter, and I thought I wouldn't want to live in Blue Earth until I talked with another library staff member who said he recognized people! If Garrison Keillor had lived here, Lake Wobegon would have been full of nightmares. I couldn't marry the two Minnesotas together. Still, it was first and foremost a Sandford book: There were some delightful Flowers' comments and the usual storyline.
Another discussion point includes the comments that the subject matter was more Davenport than Flowers. Whereas I felt that this would have been a brilliant Kidde book. I so wish he brought back those characters.
Not a book to enjoy, but a book that is fast paced and packs a punch. I read it in one sitting because I needed to be done with it, didn't sleep well, had to have a discussion to exorcise it, passed my copy on as I will not reread this, but still recommend reading it.