pbanditp's review against another edition
3.0
This is the third book in the Mike Bowditch series. Mike is a Maine game warden who can’t stay out of trouble. Usually trouble finds him and it seems unavoidable, but with Bad Little Falls, it is Mike who makes bad decisions even after being relocated to Washington County. His new territory is riddled with drug addicts and extreme poverty.
Mike still manages to slip in important safety reminders and tries to get across the importance of the Warden Service without preaching.
Mike still manages to slip in important safety reminders and tries to get across the importance of the Warden Service without preaching.
muddypuddle's review against another edition
4.0
Washington County, Maine. The Sunrise County. Poor. Isolated. Long, cold winters. Beautiful in the summertime. Jonesport-Beals. Machias. Lubec. I know the area well. This story takes place in Whitney (Whiting?), Maine. It was a good mystery. It was quite believable.
hammychop's review against another edition
3.0
2.5 rounded up. I can’t do books with immature main characters but I did like the setting of Maine.
pixiejess8's review
1.0
This setting is chef's kiss, Maine with a blizzard coming fuck yes! Even snow cannot save this one for me.
Mike Bowditch is our main character (this is apparently book 3 in a series, as always I figure it out around the 3rd chapter but whatever) he is a Game Warden and has just been transferred here as punishment for something that happened I can only assume in book two. He has complaints, but as he converses with the other characters of the book I start to get the feeling this guy is not a great co-worker.
Example: His boss picks him up to go to work and he ask if he can take him somewhere for breakfast, now they both will be late so this guy can get his egg mcmuffin and coffee AND then he starts flirting with the McDonalds lady while his new boss is waiting for him.
God Damn Bowditch act right!
He makes assumptions, knows everything about everything, quite brash in his actions and is 26 years old. This guy is the worst and he is the main character ..ugh.
Anyways he sleeps with the McDonalds lady but regrets it once he meets another woman who has a better job then Mcdonalds, comes from a good family and is super attractive as well
I did not enjoy this book, the story was kind of a nothing burger, there was a lesbian sheriff who I found interesting but everyone else was also a nothing burger.
Mike with his smartest guy in the room mentality did not charm me. Everything about this bothered me, a child goes missing in the woods and Mike is on scene and then rightfully states this is what he was trained to do, to find a child in the woods and then spends over an hour dicking around looking for information in the house, calling his boss for a status update and speaking with other law enforcement on the scene. A social worker is like can you not go into the woods and look and he "maam there is a science to this" to her
Go in the woods and look for the child you Jackass
Several dogs die in a horrific way and now I am mad at his book for putting that in my head as well.
Mike Bowditch is our main character (this is apparently book 3 in a series, as always I figure it out around the 3rd chapter but whatever) he is a Game Warden and has just been transferred here as punishment for something that happened I can only assume in book two. He has complaints, but as he converses with the other characters of the book I start to get the feeling this guy is not a great co-worker.
Example: His boss picks him up to go to work and he ask if he can take him somewhere for breakfast, now they both will be late so this guy can get his egg mcmuffin and coffee AND then he starts flirting with the McDonalds lady while his new boss is waiting for him.
God Damn Bowditch act right!
He makes assumptions, knows everything about everything, quite brash in his actions and is 26 years old. This guy is the worst and he is the main character ..ugh.
Anyways he sleeps with the McDonalds lady but regrets it once he meets another woman who has a better job then Mcdonalds, comes from a good family and is super attractive as well
I did not enjoy this book, the story was kind of a nothing burger, there was a lesbian sheriff who I found interesting but everyone else was also a nothing burger.
Mike with his smartest guy in the room mentality did not charm me. Everything about this bothered me, a child goes missing in the woods and Mike is on scene and then rightfully states this is what he was trained to do, to find a child in the woods and then spends over an hour dicking around looking for information in the house, calling his boss for a status update and speaking with other law enforcement on the scene. A social worker is like can you not go into the woods and look and he "maam there is a science to this" to her
Go in the woods and look for the child you Jackass
Several dogs die in a horrific way and now I am mad at his book for putting that in my head as well.
lrallen's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
bwjr's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
informative
mysterious
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
emmajewish's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
tpanik's review against another edition
4.0
Doiron’s storytelling for the first half of the book will lead you believe this is just another Mike-makes-reckless-decisions adventure—but then he packs a wallup of a humdinger into the ending, making everything right in the world of fantastic mysteries once again!
mimii's review against another edition
4.0
A page-turner set in Down East Maine. Mike Bowditch, a Game Warden, often acts before he thinks. As he starts a new job he gets off on the wrong foot with people he works with and makes friends with the wrong people. A blizzard, a murder, drugs, a precocious 12 year old, his former junkie mother, a dog-sledder, a vet with a drinking problem and a frozen zebra make Mike's job a challenge. Recommend for readers who enjoy a good mystery, but would also recommend starting with book 1 because the series build one on another.
rebthack's review against another edition
4.0
If you like a good mystery, know a bit about the real Maine, and have an affinity for the outdoors, this is well worth the time.