The Virgil Flowers series remains the detective style mystery series I can remember where the dialogue and observations make me giggle on a regular basis, which is why I keep reading them, despite never quite shaking the occasional appearance of wince-worthy passages representing small town not-quite-enlightened mindsets 1/?
I did appreciate Virgil losing his shit when a scared
civilian points a gun at him; it's pretty clear it wasn't the author's intention, but I think it acts well as an argument for gun control.
In that same theme, I did not expect to hear a short, cogent argument for the problem with bow hunting.
2mo
I can see where readers might point out the repetitive points in the investigation, covering the same motives, not quite looking closely until later to serve the plot, but for whatever reason, this time round, I found the meandering page with the multiple story lines amusing instead of aggravating. 2mo
⚠️ Domestic abuse 2mo