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The Sinister Pig |
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| | A Twisting Tale  |
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Hillerman again skillfully leads his readers through convoluted mysteries while painting verbal pictures of the American West. He switches tantalizingly between the reader's favorite characters, Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn, portraying the Navajo lifestyle as he leads us through the passages of a complex maze of clues. Just as we finally discover the name of the story's villain(s), we discover to our dismay that another journey with this authorhas ended. |
| | Don't Start with This One!  |
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I really love Hillerman's books. He is one of my favorite authors. That said, everyone lets a stinker once in a while, and this is Hillermans. My first impression was that Hillerman had gotten so old and feeble that he couldn't write any more. This impression was later corrected, he's as good as ever. So, if you like Hillerman, don't expect much from this one. If you have not read Hillerman, don't start here - please. He is a very good author and all of this other books are far superior to this one. |
| | Hillerman is amazing. |
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This is the first book I read of Hillerman's and I loved it. I have started at the beginning of this delightful series and Hillerman does not disappoint. Great read. |
| | Nothing special |
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The best I can say is the audio book kept me awake on a long drive. The book barely resembles the early Hillerman ones I remember, and is sort of a mix of generic Crichton-Grisham political/crime suspense with a little romance and a little New Mexico flavor thrown in for old-times sake. |
| | Predictable at Times, Inconsistent at Others |
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My overall impression was that this book could have been written from the script of a made-for-TV movie. Maybe visually--with rugged scenery and good looking actors--this story could have been a way to spend a couple of hours on a rainy night, but as a book worth reading it comes up lacking. In particular, the villains are second-rate and only do villainous things when it suits the author's purposes. Then, the number of proper nouns used per page is probably second only to the Bible, owing to the naming of many extraneous characters and places.
This book is okay for reading on a long train ride or a stay in the hospital, but it is not one you'd recommend or long remember. |
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