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Title: "B" is for Boring
Review: You'd think by the time Ms. Grafton got to the letter 'Q' in her series, she would have sharpened her craft. Earlier books in the series were much better. In this one, Kinsey tags along with a couple of old, sick and washed-up detectives on a cold case. However, she spends way too much time talking about the minutia of her daily routine. "I went here, did this, went there, did that, had a diet Pepsi, and . . . yada, yada, yada." This book really drags, and by the time the case starts to unfold, you're practically asleep and could care less. To make things even worse, the metaphors and similes just don't work. Describing someone's tone of voice as "flat as a two day old can of soda" doesn't quite rise to her usual. And although she's going for a laugh out loud moment here and there, she never quite clears the bar. Maybe Ms. Grafton is getting tired of the whole shtick; if that's the case, she should just let us know and give it up.
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