tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post7435735315779962082..comments2024-02-22T17:59:50.213-05:00Comments on in so many words...: Friday's Forgotten Books: DEVIL'S WALTZ (1993) by Jonathan KellermanYvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-54464403366390807792011-11-14T11:18:56.895-05:002011-11-14T11:18:56.895-05:00Pat: There's a way of keeping readers interest...Pat: There's a way of keeping readers interested during the life of a long-term series. Obviously Kellerman has lost that way.<br /><br />I've never read Patricia Cornwell, but I suppose that's happened to her as well.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-50424124734874772352011-11-13T20:14:26.031-05:002011-11-13T20:14:26.031-05:00I used to be a devoted reader of Jonathan Kellerma...I used to be a devoted reader of Jonathan Kellerman's novels(and also his wife Faye's novels), but like you, I've lost interest. The same with Patricia Cornwall's novels. I think after awhile authors feels they have to make their protagonist become "quirky" in order to keep their readers interest, when just the opposite is true!Pat @ Mille Fiori Favoritihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08922525910685129822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-29192626478610782702011-11-13T13:21:32.896-05:002011-11-13T13:21:32.896-05:00Oh I've been known to cheer as well, Fred. Eit...Oh I've been known to cheer as well, Fred. Either at a positive development I'd long hoped for or the death of a character or whatever. <br /><br />I do get emotionally caught up in books. :)<br /><br />In between mystery reading I am currently reading my first Trollope: CAN YOU FORGIVE HER? Coincidence? I think not.<br /><br />There's Trollope in the air this year. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-16390754819166137232011-11-13T11:20:26.980-05:002011-11-13T11:20:26.980-05:00Yvette,
This reminds me of a similar situation. ...Yvette,<br /><br />This reminds me of a similar situation. I belong to a classics f-t-f group that was reading a series of novels by Trollope. I had developed an extreme dislike for one of the recurring characters. In fact, it got so bad that I stopped reading one of the novels about 1/3 of the way through it.<br /><br />Several months later, we read the next novel in the series, and I definitely was not happy to once again encounter this character. However, I had read only several pages when I learned that the character had "died" during the interval between the two novels. <br /><br />I almost cheered out loud when I read that.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-21422161767936708102011-11-13T11:06:42.475-05:002011-11-13T11:06:42.475-05:00There has to be a better way, Fred! She is dreadfu...There has to be a better way, Fred! She is dreadful AND costing him readers. <br /><br />He merely seems weak-willed to me.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-20277252690871017852011-11-12T01:46:08.130-05:002011-11-12T01:46:08.130-05:00Yvette,
Perhaps that's the point. Kellerman ...Yvette,<br /><br />Perhaps that's the point. Kellerman is attempting to show that Alec, in spite of being a superb and discerning psychologist, is still human and fallible.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-45993302954108343032011-11-11T14:32:55.106-05:002011-11-11T14:32:55.106-05:00Yes, I agree, Fred, he did get increasingly graphi...Yes, I agree, Fred, he did get increasingly graphic. I wasn't crazy about that aspect either. The early books are graphic enough, thank you very much.<br /><br />But that Robin character. Jeez. She is definitely Alex's weakness. The thing is, there's just nothing likeable about her. <br /><br />I can't understand why Kellerman didn't just let her go this last time she walked out. I'll bet we're not the only two who dislike her.<br /><br />I was kind of hoping she'd be killed off. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-18254219648856903662011-11-11T13:28:42.647-05:002011-11-11T13:28:42.647-05:00Yvette,
I, too, was a long-time fan of Kellerman&...Yvette,<br /><br />I, too, was a long-time fan of Kellerman's works, but stopped reading him for two reasons. The most important was that I felt it was getting increasingly graphic in its description of violence (I don't need those images in my head), and the second was Robin.<br /><br />I never did understand Kellerman's strategy in making her the way she was.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.com