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Review title: Loser of a book
Product review: What a disappointment. I have long enjoyed the Spenser books, as well as the spin-offs, although I don't fully understand why the characters all have to interact.This book is a stinker. (Blue Screen too, though a little less so.) It is not possible to sympathize with alcoholic Jesse Stone as he remains obsessed with his abusive wife Jenn. Jenn is horribly narcissistic and manipulative--I venture to say that the character is not realistic in the least--at least I hope not. So we lose interest in Jesse as he worries about his wife who sleeps with whoever comes along, and apparently we are supposed to care about these characters. I don't think so.Meanwhile, Sunny is hung up on her ex (not to mention her dog), and we have long put up with Spenser and his ups and downs with his inamorata Susan.Perhaps Robert Parker should deal with his relationship issues outside his writing and return to amusing plots without the masochism.--A disappointed reader
