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Reclusive Reads rated it 5 years ago
It's easy to see why Travis McGee's legend endures. He's a white knight in tarnished armor, a decent man who lives by his own moral code and personal philosophy on the outside of society, on a houseboat called The Busted Flush. No stereotypical P.I., he's a self described "salvage expert" who will f...
IntheZone
IntheZone rated it 9 years ago
An enjoyable re-read of an old favorite. John D. MacDonald was one of my first excursions in following an author and I read everything I could get my hands on for awhile and though I have since moved on to other genres and favorites, he will always hold a place in my favorite authors. This one has m...
IntheZone
IntheZone rated it 9 years ago
An enjoyable re-read of an old favorite. John D. MacDonald was one of my first excursions in following an author and I read everything I could get my hands on for awhile and though I have since moved on to other genres and favorites, he will always hold a place in my favorite authors. This one has m...
The Professor
The Professor rated it 9 years ago
“Tears and seawater taste much the same”. Looks like your average sixties sex-romp, doesn’t it? Far from it. Yes, the women are either dancers or victims, the men (other than the hero) monsters to varying degrees, and yes McGee gets hit on by an air hostess but Travis has a maudlin, philosophising s...
marczewek
marczewek rated it 11 years ago
Wychodzi na to że popełniłem błąd, czytając część drugą przed pierwszą. Nadal jestem zdania że Koszmar na różowo był słaby, ale Niebieskie pożegnanie robi zgoła odmienne wrażenie. Poznawanie "poszukiwacza-odzyskiwacza" Trava warto jednak poznać, bo jest intrygującym osobnikiem. O ile w drugiej częśc...
Lisa (Harmony)
Lisa (Harmony) rated it 12 years ago
The book has blurbs on the back cover praising it from Stephen King, Higgins Clark, Koontz, Grafton, Kellerman, Parker, McBain--and I can understand why. This is very much in the hard-boiled detective style--first person with a protagonist who deals with shady characters, a mysterious past with hi...
marczewek
marczewek rated it 12 years ago
Koszmar na różowo, jest pierwszą książką z Travisem, jaką przeczytałem. Ale nie ma tu żadnych odniesień do pierwszej części, więc możliwe że kolejność czytania jest mało ważna. Co do książki to nie jestem pod wrażeniem, jeśli jest równa poziomem jedynce, to ja podziękuję. Chyba że to wypadek przy pr...
marczewek
marczewek rated it 12 years ago
Wrażenia po przeczytaniu Przylądka są takie sobie. Książka nadgryziona zębem czasu i sporą liczbą przeczytanych już pozycji nie robi jakiegoś niesamowitego wrażenia. Jest to typowy kryminał noir oszczędnie pisany, bez jakiejś wielkiej mocy opisowej. Historia prosta, niezagmatwana, dialogi miejscami ...
Brick
Brick rated it 12 years ago
I read all of the Travis McGee stories when they were first published, and have only just now revisited the first of the series. I enjoyed them enormously back in the day, and as others have noted, I now find the language and attitude of Travis remarkably dated with regard to his assessment of all ...
D.G. ~Shameless Reader~
D.G. ~Shameless Reader~ rated it 12 years ago
I purchased this audiobook only because it was narrated by Robert Petkoff, one of my favorite narrators. I knew absolutely nothing about this series but as I read mysteries too, I figured I should give it a shot.The Deep Blue Good-by is not a mystery per se, but more of an investigation in which Tra...
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