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Title: P is for Painful
Review: I've read/listened to every other Kinsey Milhone story and liked most of them, but this one really disappointed me. This is the only Sue Grafton book I would say was a stinker. It was rambling and crammed with dull details and I had to make a real effort to finish the book. I listened to the unabridged audio version and when I got the "end" I was afraid that perhaps I had listened to the tapes out of order and had missed something. The narration was also pretty flat.It was lacking in the usual wit and cleverness, with too many characters to keep straight, vanishing plots, a whole book of red herrings. Kinsey came off as pretty unlikeable. It was as though Sue Grafton got tired and decided to just stop where she was and say "The End".I hold out hope for "Q" but will read the reviews before buying instead of after. New readers to the series should start with "A is for Alibi" and just skip "P" altogether.
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