Sue Grafton - The Alphabet Series

[aromaannie]

Has anybody read these books and if so what are your thoughts on them.

I have just finished A is for Alibi and was really looking forward to it as I wanted to find a new series of books to read. I was disappointed though. I didn't warm to the female lead at all and found my mind wondering off a lot. It's also written in the first person which is not my favourite style at all.

I can't decide wether to have another go with the next in the series so would be interested in peoples views.

[~V~]

I've read them all up to about O. Then I got stuck as I couldn't get the next in the alphabet

Stick with it I'd say, Kinsey is pretty interesting and they do get better. If I recall, I didn't think the first was fantastic either but attempted the next

[wrathofkublakhan]

They are a very popular series!
I think I read up to M and then got lost and couldn't remember which letters I'd read.
Why not give the second book a go?

[~V~]

They are a very popular series!
I think I read up to M and then got lost and couldn't remember which letters I'd read.
Why not give the second book a go?

Yes. That's exactly what happened to me :irked:

[pontalba]

I enjoyed the series although the last few have not been as well put together or maybe I just tired of the format. Kinsey does grow on you as Grafton builds the character book by book. Some are better than others.
The last one I read S is for Silence....I didn't finish. I just got bogged down in confusing minutia and got to the point I simply did not care.

All that said, I've pre-ordered T is for...can't remember what at the moment. :roll: Once more into the breach.....

[SteffieB]

I admit to reading all of these as well, and also forgetting which is which...and also being less enamored toward the end. The last one (P?), which I actually listened to in the car (the reader is fantastic), felt a little contrived. It still kept my attention the whole time, thanks in part to the reader.

I think of V.I. Warshawski (Paretsky), Kay Scarpetta (Cornwell), and Stephanie Plum (Evanovich) as being in the same vein..and sometimes I just need a tough chick in my life!

[wrathofkublakhan]

..and sometimes I just need a tough chick in my life!


Amen, Steffie .... amen....