ALL THE APPEAL OF A WET WEEKEND

I don't really know how to start this review. I don't know what to think about it. So, let's start with what I liked. The narrator does a very good job and is easy to follow. The changes from character to character is fluid and clearly done. The only downside I would have is that Mr. Green sounds a bit winded/breathless at times but not distractingly so. Now, for what I didn't like. The writing is okay and is not the worse I have ever encountered. The stories(plots) do have some good parts but they are choppy, repetitive and incomplete in others. And even implausible in places. But they all do end rather abruptly and lack that feeling of accomplishment of a mystery solved. They are not terribly complex and, thankfully, by the third one, they do improve a small bit. A very small bit. But they are all have the same feeling of claustrophia and depression running through them. None of the characters seem to be happy the mystery has been solved. Even I felt worse at the end of the story then I did at the beginning. The main character of Slim Hardy is a functioning alcoholic who fell into private investigations due to the fact he couldn't hold down a job. He reminds me of a kitten dumped in the middle of a busy highway at rush hour on the rainiest, coldest day of the year. He is really the most pitiful character. But I have so many questions about him that are never really answered and, I feel, that by the third book you should have a decent grasp on his character and his history. But I didn't by the "Game's Keeper". And I have so many questions about what the heck he is doing. And how can he have money for alcohol but can't afford lodging? And where does he get the money he does have? Why do all his former army buddies go so far out of their way to help him? Why does he take these jobs and doesn't ask for a retainer and then allow himself not to get paid for his work? And why, when he gets into trouble, he has some "Army training" for it. Seriously? So many questions not answered by the author. Supposedly there are three more books in the series(not on audiobook) but unless the author improves on Slim, I don't think I will be getting anymore of these books. In fact, I think I will return this box set and use my credit elsewhere.

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