jrobles76's review against another edition
4.0
Now that I know there is a finite number of Parker books coming out, I'm even sadder than when he first passed. (On Amazon, I didn't see any future Cole & Hitch novels, but I did see Spenser and Stone books) If this is the last of the Virgil Cole series, it ended well. You could see in this book that he was setting up a lot of new characters that were going to appear in the books to come. He introduced Teargarden, who reminds me a lot of the Gray Man from the Spenser series, in that the friendship develops from respecting the skills of the man sent to kill you. Cole is still in love with a woman who doesn't share the same idea of love as he does. In the end this book is again a meditation on honor and justice. Cole lives by a moral code so great that even the man who hired the best gunslinger in the U.S. to kill Cole, ends up leaving Cole his Ranch on his death bed.
I was just getting to love Cole and Hitch, I'll miss you guys.
I was just getting to love Cole and Hitch, I'll miss you guys.
lindakay99's review against another edition
4.0
I now have a new respect for Mr. Robert B. Parker... He was a good writer.
Sad that there won't be anymore novels in this series. May have to read his other series someday.
Sad that there won't be anymore novels in this series. May have to read his other series someday.
csdaley's review against another edition
2.0
A bittersweet end to my last novel that I will ever read by Robert Parker. It is about a 2.5 star book but honestly I only read it because I wanted to read Parker and it was quick. I’ll probably try the continuation of the series written by another writer because I like the characters but there really wasn’t much of a book here.
milanx's review against another edition
3.0
I breezed through this in 3 days, which is actually a long time for a book this easy and short. The writing style is nothing exciting, and at times even a little too simple, and the plot itself was super similar to the sequels in the series. The characters are exactly the same, almost without showing any growth and don't do anything surprising or peculiar in this book. All in all, it was okay, and I liked it, but it's very predictable and a little dull, even.
kim_hoag's review against another edition
4.0
Parker's books on Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch are a great unguilty pleasure of mine. This is one of the better books, too. It has a more complicated plot than usual which added to both the length and my pleasure. Why do I like these books so? Certainly the plots are usually more on the simple side, and the characters, as well.
My enjoyment of the read centers on the friendship between the two main characters and their constant laconic and pithy discourse. In this 4th book their philosophical dialogue ranges between the ironic switch of good and bad roles, the feelings around killing, love, and much more. All presented in a sparse, sometimes humorous exchange between the two. I love these two! It may not be great literature, but it is among the most fun.
My enjoyment of the read centers on the friendship between the two main characters and their constant laconic and pithy discourse. In this 4th book their philosophical dialogue ranges between the ironic switch of good and bad roles, the feelings around killing, love, and much more. All presented in a sparse, sometimes humorous exchange between the two. I love these two! It may not be great literature, but it is among the most fun.
cheriekg's review against another edition
4.0
This is classic Parker: men living by clear, unwritten codes of violent nobility, straightforward confrontations, ambiguous female characters in the background, tight dialogue. Short, gripping, funny, and wonderful. As an aside, this is the first Parker audiobook I've tried and I fear it doesn't translate well. His choppy dialogue feels jarring read aloud.
[Edited 9/21/15 I later went back and read the book version to complete my read of Virgil Cole series. As I expected, the dialogue translates much better on the page. Virgil and Everett are among my favorite Parker creations. I'm not sure if I want to keep reading the series as written by others, however.]
[Edited 9/21/15 I later went back and read the book version to complete my read of Virgil Cole series. As I expected, the dialogue translates much better on the page. Virgil and Everett are among my favorite Parker creations. I'm not sure if I want to keep reading the series as written by others, however.]
felinehex's review against another edition
4.0
listening to westerns while I drive calms the cat. (I summer in wa)
and these are REALLY interesting!
and these are REALLY interesting!
birdmanseven's review against another edition
3.0
This doesn't live up to the original, but still a decent western.
Tune in for my spotlight on Robert B. Parker: https://soundcloud.com/allthebooks/episode-28-a-hamburgers-bookmark
Tune in for my spotlight on Robert B. Parker: https://soundcloud.com/allthebooks/episode-28-a-hamburgers-bookmark