Most of the best Travis McGee stories are set in Florida - this one is no exception.
Comprehensive, and probably definitive, with lots of interviews featuring lengthy quotes throughout. Book could have used a good editor.
Yoknapatawpha County comes to the Republic of Columbia in South America complete with civil wars, incest, and 'bat shit crazy' characters.
Travis McGee books should be set in Florida. This one takes place in New York City. Pretty good story, but...
Fascinating material, but poorly written and organized. An Opportunity squandered.
Thought provoking and sober, but not morbid (in any way). A moving and ultimately inspiring book. Recommended.
Marvelous imagination and beautiful writing. Deserves to be on the same shelf as American classics Winesburg, Ohio, Our Town, and Spoon River Anthology. Deeply moving.
Over-written and over-long (by more than 300 pages!!!), the story of Moe Berg might have made a good Sports Illustrated article. Stretched to nearly 400 pages, this book has little to recommend it. I certainly can't.
Very good Crais. Too much police dog, not enough Joe Pike. But well done throughout. Well worth your time.
Pretentious, over-written, effete exercises in self-important "Chick Lit."
Research and fact-checking, plus quality of critical analysis and basic composition would get this a C- in high school English class. Factual errors (Dr Zhivago was not 1965's Best Picture Oscar winner -- It was The Sound of Music; Louise Harrison was George's sister, not his mother!) abound. A really good book on 1965's music scene is still waiting to be written.
Clever, well done, thought-provoking.
The Lonesome Silver Rain is a nice closer for this series -- not a final word, per se, but a suitable "wrap up." After due consideration, it is my opinion that Darker Than Amber, The Long Lavender Look, The Scarlet Ruse, and The Dreadful Lemon Sky are the best of the series -- and that The Green Ripper is, by far, the poorest.
Wonderful stories by an American master of the form -- several are absolutely breathtaking.
Well done career spanning survey of a unique filmmaker. Large cast of speakers replicates the over-lapping dialogue technique he perfected. A complicated and frequently difficult personality, yet a gifted artist. Good portrait, flaws and all.
Yes, it's dated, and yes, it's sexist, and yes, many of the plot devices have been used by Fleming before ... but it still has good forward momentum and stylish writing. Not his best (by a long shot) but enjoyable -- and I (for one) enjoyed the golf match. May be the only Bond novel that the movie is superior to the book.
Classic Bond - the blueprint for all the Bond movies and subsequent parodies. Good plot well presented, classic villian and Bond girl. Great stuff - tremendously entertaining.
If not the best, certainly among the 2 or 3 best Bond stories. Good plot well presented, the best of the "Bond girls," excellent villians in Rosa Kleb and Red Grant, great locations, the Orient Express, you name it. Terrific stuff!
Good, not great, Bond. Antagonists solid, plot is fast-paced and involving, writing is sharp and occaisonally witty.
Well done. Much better than I expected and certainly the best of the post-Fleming books. Hopefully Mr Faulks will write some more Bond stories.
Right up there with Fleming's peak efforts (From Russia With Love and Doctor No). Well written, engaging, exciting.
Excellent stories, good variety, strong writing
