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Book Reviews of God Save the Child (Spenser, Bk 2)

God Save the Child (Spenser, Bk 2)
God Save the Child - Spenser, Bk 2
Author: Robert B. Parker
ISBN-13: 9780395199558
ISBN-10: 0395199557
Publication Date: 10/1974
Pages: 185
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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Book Type: Hardcover
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reviewed God Save the Child (Spenser, Bk 2) on + 517 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
I've always wondered how Spenser met Susan Silverman. It is told in this story which is typical irreverant Spenser. Very good story.
KellyP avatar reviewed God Save the Child (Spenser, Bk 2) on + 143 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
The 2nd Spenser novel. These early Spenser's are fun because Robert Parker does a great job of describing the clothes and fashions of the early 70's ... what a walk down memory lane!!
batgirl avatar reviewed God Save the Child (Spenser, Bk 2) on + 284 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Not my favorite Spenser book plot-wise but this is the book that introduces Susan Silverman to the mix. Their relationship is more important than the story, at least to me. There is a twist (a little one) to the ending.
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Helpful Score: 3
Parker (and Spenser) at his best. This is the 2nd Spenser novel. A must read for fans of Parker, Spenser, or detective fiction.
reviewed God Save the Child (Spenser, Bk 2) on + 11 more book reviews
One of Robert Parker's better writings.
WMRod avatar reviewed God Save the Child (Spenser, Bk 2) on + 171 more book reviews
A great read! Robert Parker is a master at capturing fascinating characters and great mysteries. His Spenser series starts in the late 60's-early-70's so each book is like a perfect time capsule for the way life was during those decades. Rather like an historical novel, but totally true-to-form since it was contemporary while being written. Absolutely marvelous books. I highly, highly recommend!
reviewed God Save the Child (Spenser, Bk 2) on + 36 more book reviews
Fast and hard.... No pun intended!
wss4 avatar reviewed God Save the Child (Spenser, Bk 2) on + 389 more book reviews
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Appie Knoll is the kind of suburb where kids grow up right. But something is wrong. Fourteen-year-old Kevin Bartlett disappears. Everyone thinks he's run away -- until the comic strip ransom note arrives.
It doesn't take Spenser long to get the picture -- an affluent family seething with rage, a desperate boy making strange friends...friends like Vic Harroway, body builder. Mr. Muscle is Spenser's only lead and he isn't talking...except with his fists. But when push comes to shove, when a boy's life is on the line, Spenser can speak that language too.
buzzby avatar reviewed God Save the Child (Spenser, Bk 2) on + 6062 more book reviews
Homophobic novel, Spenser gets into unnecessary fisticuffs (of course, most of what Spenser does is unnecessary), presumably to prove to a 15 year old what a true man is like.
buzzbee avatar reviewed God Save the Child (Spenser, Bk 2) on + 17 more book reviews
Fast Read.