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1.0�toiles sur 5 I hope Mr. Friedman's other books are better, Mai 4 2003

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This review is from: Steppin' on a Rainbow (Hardcover)

Contrived. Tedious. Irritating. Trying too hard. These are just a few of the ways I would describe "Steppin' on a Rainbow". I can tell that Friedman has talent as a writer. It is a real shame, however, that he insists upon insulting the intelligence of the reader with a constant barrage of quips and one-liners that aren't really even shockingly funny as much as they are merely sour comments made in poor taste (Example: he makes a reference to nurses being gone from the beach with the help of Richard Speck... or something along those lines. I got the joke, such as it was. It just really wasn't very funny or very clever). But this is the only book of Friedman's that I've read so far. I will read others, but I'm not going to be buying them with my own money. I'll borrow the next one or check it out from the library. So far, I may as well have flushed the cost of this oinker down the toilet. The man is skilled as a writer. I just don't know if he's got the talent to back up the skill. This story was dull and contrived. A festival of obnoxious, unlikable characters and plot conveniences. By the end of the book I was hoping that all of the major characters would get killed in a bus crash or something. Not a good sign when the author places himself in the story as the protagonist. Mr. Friedman-- I wish you all the best in the world and a long and happy life... but this story stinks.

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1.0�toiles sur 5 He started out so good..., Avril 13 2003

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This review is from: Steppin' on a Rainbow (Hardcover)

I graduated from Kinky Friedman (the Lasso from El Paso) and the Texas Jewboys to his mysteries, and was more than pleased. Like his music, his first novels were great, and improved with age. Somewhere along the line, about six books into the series, he got lazy. The dialog is no longer witty, just trite. Steppin' on a Rainbow is awful. Kinky has just stopped trying.

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3.0�toiles sur 5 Not a good introduction to Kinky, D�c 19 2002

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This review is from: Steppin' on a Rainbow (Mass Market Paperback)

Having read everything that Donald Westlake has written, I am always looking for other authors of comic mysteries. A friend suggested Kinky Friedman so I bought "Steppin On A Rainbow." I'll try another of his books because he is so popular that they have got to be better but it will be the last if it's like this one. The main character has some great lines and is certainly likeable enough and so are his cohorts but his love interest, Stephanie DuPont, has got to be the most obnoxious character in all of literature. I was hoping that she might get bumped off before the end so she doesn't reappear in any other books. I also had a problem with Kinky getting the solution to the case in a dream rather than by clever detective work. Not a great mystery but good enough to try another.

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3.0�toiles sur 5 Not His Best
Not only did I think Rainbow wasn't Friedman's best; I wondered if it's really Friedman's. What happened to Ratso? Read more

Publi� le Sep 19 2002 par C. Morgan Hunt

3.0�toiles sur 5 Hawaiian Kinksterisms
While I sometimes feel like the Kinky mysteries have worn thin, I still have to read every one. In (author) Friedman's quest to keep things fresh he yet again moves the locale... Read more

Publi� le Ao� 20 2002 par William Fare

1.0�toiles sur 5 Who are these people????
I've read all of The kinky Mysteries, save for "While the Cat's away" (which is a mystery in itself) and have loved them all and enjoyed seeing Kinky's style progress though the... Read more

Publi� le Avril 13 2002 par Mike Telesca

3.0�toiles sur 5 First Strike
It's the first time I've been vaguely diappointed by one of Kinky's books. I won't repeat some of the quibbles other have pointed out (but boy, does Stephanie stink). Read more

Publi� le Mars 21 2002 par Peter von der Stetten