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Title: What A Yawn--Is King Even Trying Here?
Review: No Grit...No Teeth...No Real Mystery... Nothing Noir...How was this book even remotely relevant to the publisher, Hard Case Crime? It wasn't "Hard" when stereotypical New England duffers recount quaint and whimsically in their safe little newspaper offices the tale. And a "Crime" was never established. No danger... No peril...It was long on characterization, short on plot. And gripping plot and action is what sparks life in good mysteries--not King's folksiness. This isn't a new genre, or something ground-breaking, it seems to be exploring a self-indulgent fancy.I count The Green Mile as one of my all-time favorites, but this was a real disappointment. Hope his career doesn't end on this sad note
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