Ruth H. (Ruth) reviewed on 3/15/2005 + 95 more book reviews

Well written, but Block seems to be a "man's" author. Men who've read this detective series (Matt Scudder) really enjoy it. (This is based on two men.) Women (myself and one other) find the character's private life too depressing to really enjoy the series. If you do not find depressing the saga of a hard-drinking divorced man living alone in a hotel room with no family and no close friends, then you'll enjoy every book in the Scudder series. Plots are tight and prose is fast paced. The earlier books in the series are a little dated, but still enjoyable.

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