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Review title: The Best Scudder in Quite Awhile
Product review: Most longtime fans of the Matt Scudder series should be pleased with "Hope to Die". The writing is stronger than the more recent Scudder novels, which seemed like hastily constructed assembly line jobs to fulfill a contract. The writing is not as good as the early Scudder novels, but this is a satisfying read, nonetheless. Stylistically, it had a few too many asides and tangents, although some of these help in introducing characters or bringing us up-to-date on them. The ending is a bit of a let down and a bit formulatic (I won't spoil it further), but I don't read these books for plot, as much as for the characters. Scudder's kids get established as adults with problems of their own & I'm guessing we'll be seeing them again in the future, which is all for the good.Now, if only he'd do a new Bernie "Burglar" Rhodenberr--just leave out the guy who reminds of Inspector Lugar from the old Barney Miller tv series.
