Book: ‘The Sins of the Fathers’ by Lawrence Block – January 17th, 2018
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Feb.19, 2018, under Books
The Sins of the Fathers by Lawrence Block
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Why on earth tag the title of your book with the outcome of the story? I kept trying to push the title out of my head to enjoy the book, but kept realizing where is all was going to lead. Especially when I read that a minister was involved. At the time of this book those heads of churches had been used as the bad guy a lot in all types of media. But nothing compared to what was to come in the 1980s. By now it’s such a trite literary devise. If the book was written today I’d carve a fractional star, but will set it aside due to it’s publication date.
What saves this book from it’s nominal mystery factor is the usual extraordinary writing of Block. He creates such lively characters and story, it’s fun to wander through a book just to see how he twists a phrase or deftly describes a doorknob. It’s just superb.
Bottom line: I recommend this book. 7 out of ten points.
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