Robert B. Parker's Wonderland
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781594137082 (1594137080)
Publish date: April 23rd 2014
Publisher: Large Print Press
Pages no: 406
Edition language: English
Series: Spenser 4 (#42)
I was really pleased to be given this book to review as I'd previously read a few of the Spenser novels by Parker and enjoyed them. Wonderland was written by Ace Atkins following Parker's death in 2010, and as such, I was not expecting this book to have exactly the same kind of witty repartee as the...
Entertaining, and sufficiently reminiscent of the original Parker version of Spencer to generate fond nostalgia. But I do not remember Spencer ever referring to himself as a hoodlum, and the newer version makes self-referential comments using the term hoodlum numerous times, jarring, I remember a v...
I really liked Atkins first Spenser outing, LULLABY. While this was a good read, it wasn't as good as that one. Seemed to take the plot awhile to get going, and I REALLY missed Hawk. A Spenser book without Hawk, even a cameo appearance, is like a day without sunshine. The plot was a bit involved...
A well rounded read with attention to detail without going overboard and drowning us in those details. Don't expect this to read exactly like Parker; clearly no two write that alike. This is an entertainingly charming continuation on a well adored character. Free copy provided through Goodreads Firs...
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