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Loading... Eight Million Ways to Die (1982)by Lawrence Block
ereader ebook  romsfuulynn | Apr 28, 2013 |  I'm not a huge mystery fan, but I did adore Matt Scudder. I think I read most of them, then somehow drifted away. (  ) satyridae | Apr 5, 2013 | The actual murder mystery takes second place to Scudder's struggle with the bottle in 8 Million Ways to Die. When I realized that I was 60 pages in and the murder hadn't been committed yet I knew I was going to like this book. I look forward to reading the earlier books in the series to get more of Matthew Scudder's back story, but I enjoyed the way Lawrence Block lets us truly get inside his character's head, and live his problems along with him. If you like your mysteries with lots of characterization and good dialogue, then the Matthew Scudder series is for you. It's not lighthearted by any means, but it's a poetic darkness. ( ) hayduke | Apr 3, 2013 | It's a bit more introspective than the earlier ones in the series, but only because that's one of the main themes of the story: Matt examining himself. I think I like this series (and Block's writing in general) more as I read more of it. There's no moralizing. There's no "sob-story" main character. Bad things happen, Matt investigates, Matt solves it, Matt may or may not have a drink... but, regardless, we don't have to hear about his (or Block's) political opinions or social judgements. I'm ready to start the next book in this series right now. (  ) crazybatcow | Oct 5, 2011 | This one is different from the preceding, but I liked the earlier ones better. Some good detective work, and the best part was played by a poem and a suicide note. My favorite episode was when Scudder encountered a mugger and would be killer and he broke the mugger's two legs. The albino character is cool, and Scudder's client, the pimp Chance, as well. (  ) Darrol | Jul 23, 2011 | no reviews | add a review Is contained in
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