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A review by siobhanward
D Is For Deadbeat by Sue Grafton
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Well it only took me four books of this series to realize that the antagonist's/main focus of the book's last name starts with the letter of the book. How fun. I'm still kind of on the fence about this series. I've yet to read any that I've loved, but there are 25 books in the series and they're easy to find used, so at this point I'll keep reading.
You can tell this series is kind of dated because of how cheap everything is. Everything costs Kinsey $3. Deposit a bad cheque? $3 fee. Need to get a new copy of your license? That'll be $3 please. Dang, the 80s were a different time. Anyway, apart from that this was a solid but really sad read. Part of my struggle with this series is that 10% of the book is an intro to the case, 80% of the book is Kinsey talking to people and then the last 10% is where everything happens and things wrap up. I just wish there was more variety in the structure, or at the very least that more happened in that middle 80%.
You can tell this series is kind of dated because of how cheap everything is. Everything costs Kinsey $3. Deposit a bad cheque? $3 fee. Need to get a new copy of your license? That'll be $3 please. Dang, the 80s were a different time. Anyway, apart from that this was a solid but really sad read. Part of my struggle with this series is that 10% of the book is an intro to the case, 80% of the book is Kinsey talking to people and then the last 10% is where everything happens and things wrap up. I just wish there was more variety in the structure, or at the very least that more happened in that middle 80%.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Murder
Moderate: Child death, Suicide, Car accident, and Death of parent