As my concussion lingers, I am listening to books on tape, and it is having a bad effect: I am losing a little respect for Spenser author Robert Parker. Just a little, I mean he still created one of the most awesome characters around.
But his dialogue, while great, follows one pattern. In a conversation, sentences alternate between two endings -- "I said" and "[Susan/Hawk/Someone] said."
Even Joe Mantegna's dulcet narration can't fix it; it is jarring and laughable.
I recognized it when reading, but it's easy to gloss over the saids.
No glossing from Joe. And as a result, Robert Parker falls a notch or two. Luckily, I still have Ace Atkins, who took over the series after Parker's death.
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I've had lost weekends during which I've read like 4 or 5 of those in 48 hours. You feel kind of queasy after and the plots start to merge. Great series though!
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