Jodi (flfraidycat) -
This book was a letdown. I though Michael Brandmann did a pretty good job carrying on the series, but Reed Coleman certainly tried to put his own stamp on it, and he stamped it into the ground. He's got Jesse back to an alcoholic, and randomly tosses characters we know and like into the book, but without their names, we'd hardly recognize them. It's hard to believe he read any of the previous books, it's more like he had a list of dramatis persona and went from there. And verbose...oh my - this would have made two of any Parker book, and yet the words didn't matter. I didn't care about anyone in this book, and if Coleman is to carry on, I'd rather this be the last for me than watch (read) Jesse die a slow (or quick) death.
Donna C. (g-ma) reviewed Robert B. Parker's Blind Spot (Jesse Stone, Bk 13) on + 3098 more book reviews
Huge huge disappointment!!
Coleman failed to write this in the tone of a Jesse Stone story, I don't know the work of Coleman but now I don't want to, Parker had a quick sense of a 'smart retort' from Jesse with a sense of humor throughout of his 'because I'm the chief of police' and I didn't find it anywhere in the parts I read.
Yes, I just read parts, when I got to page 100 I realized what a chore it was to get through all the detailed descriptions that just wasn't the writing style of a Parker book, very boring and repetitive. I skipped about 100 pages and picked it up for a short time to see where the story stood and it hadn't moved very far so then it was just a hop skip and jump to get what I needed to know.
If there is another Stone book I'll try it and see if Coleman has written it in the style of Parker or his own style and if it in his style then I'm done with the Parker's Stone series and I'm sure there will be a lot of people feel the same, read the reviews on Amazon and the 1 stars hit it right!
Coleman failed to write this in the tone of a Jesse Stone story, I don't know the work of Coleman but now I don't want to, Parker had a quick sense of a 'smart retort' from Jesse with a sense of humor throughout of his 'because I'm the chief of police' and I didn't find it anywhere in the parts I read.
Yes, I just read parts, when I got to page 100 I realized what a chore it was to get through all the detailed descriptions that just wasn't the writing style of a Parker book, very boring and repetitive. I skipped about 100 pages and picked it up for a short time to see where the story stood and it hadn't moved very far so then it was just a hop skip and jump to get what I needed to know.
If there is another Stone book I'll try it and see if Coleman has written it in the style of Parker or his own style and if it in his style then I'm done with the Parker's Stone series and I'm sure there will be a lot of people feel the same, read the reviews on Amazon and the 1 stars hit it right!
John B. (cwousn) -
This is a new Jesse Stone. He's a bit more talkative and exhibits less control (both of his drinking and of his personal life). The book itself is just okay. Coleman is up against Robert Parker's writing and unfortunately, although Coleman has the same characters, he doesn't give them the same life. If one is looking for a continuation of the Jesse Stone we know and love - this isn't it!
DUANE M. (KS2AZMARINE) reviewed Robert B. Parker's Blind Spot (Jesse Stone, Bk 13) on + 30 more book reviews
Not quite the same story or persona. Not a bad story, but I have never found anyone writes true to the original authors idea(s).
Chris H. (thereading5) reviewed Robert B. Parker's Blind Spot (Jesse Stone, Bk 13) on + 2 more book reviews
Blind Spot is a dismal addition to the Jesse Stone series. Gone is the quick wit that drives the normally dialog driven Robert B. Parker novels.
As a longtime baseball fan and manager, I looked forward to a book that touched on Jesse's past exploits in the game. By the halfway point I was already put off of any further heavy handed mention of the game. Did everyone play minor league ball? Enough with the ball in the glove in his office.
We all understand that Robert B. Parker is gone. These books just allow us to keep his characters a little longer. But not at the level Reed Farrel Coleman drops us to.
As a longtime baseball fan and manager, I looked forward to a book that touched on Jesse's past exploits in the game. By the halfway point I was already put off of any further heavy handed mention of the game. Did everyone play minor league ball? Enough with the ball in the glove in his office.
We all understand that Robert B. Parker is gone. These books just allow us to keep his characters a little longer. But not at the level Reed Farrel Coleman drops us to.
