Never was a big 'Prey' fan but this one I just didn't make it half way
It is too long, should be cut down by 100 pages and maybe that would eliminate some of the profanity in it which was not necessary
By the half way mark I struggled with each page, it's like all that was happening was just running from city to city to state to state and Letty is a stupid character for anyone to believe the things she did-ugh-and Davenport? should've put Flowers on it then maybe it would've been better and you wouldn't have to stumble through all the descriptions of his clothing or his vehicles, over and over
Each chapter just repeated the chapter before in the form of people just running here and there it just makes you dizzy thinking about it.
So far I'm still with the Virgil Flowers series but I just haven't stuck with Davenport, this book is probably a good example of why I haven't
It is too long, should be cut down by 100 pages and maybe that would eliminate some of the profanity in it which was not necessary
By the half way mark I struggled with each page, it's like all that was happening was just running from city to city to state to state and Letty is a stupid character for anyone to believe the things she did-ugh-and Davenport? should've put Flowers on it then maybe it would've been better and you wouldn't have to stumble through all the descriptions of his clothing or his vehicles, over and over
Each chapter just repeated the chapter before in the form of people just running here and there it just makes you dizzy thinking about it.
So far I'm still with the Virgil Flowers series but I just haven't stuck with Davenport, this book is probably a good example of why I haven't
If you've ever read one of the Prey novels before, you know what you're going to get. In this case predictability is a good thing. Sandford gives us evil villains, a couple likable victims, and Lucas Davenport as suave, efficient (and violent when necessary) as always.
The climatic shootout is pretty epic. As usual Sandford doesn't dwell much on what would surely be a massive investigation afterwards. There is an interesting bit at the end, will be nice to see what he does with it in the next book.
We get a bit more of Letty. She pulls a dumb move at one point but mostly learns her lesson. I think she might be edging into Too Stupid To Live territory - but this is a Lucas Davenport novel, I don't require total believability.
Good addition to the series. A new reader could start here and know what they need to about the characters.
The climatic shootout is pretty epic. As usual Sandford doesn't dwell much on what would surely be a massive investigation afterwards. There is an interesting bit at the end, will be nice to see what he does with it in the next book.
We get a bit more of Letty. She pulls a dumb move at one point but mostly learns her lesson. I think she might be edging into Too Stupid To Live territory - but this is a Lucas Davenport novel, I don't require total believability.
Good addition to the series. A new reader could start here and know what they need to about the characters.
Not one of his best. Too plot driven and kind of boring in the middle. Not much going on with the characters that is not required by the plot.
This was one of the best prey books yet! I read it in two days - couldn't put it down. Lots of action and I love how Letty's character is developing. Can't wait to see what's next for Lucas Davenport.
25th in the Prey series. This is the book that started me re-reading the whole series in order ten months ago. I could not remember how Letty got into the picture; Sandford gives some backstory, but it bothered me that I had all these books and I couldn't figure out where she came from. It shouldn't have bugged me as these books are very formulaic, very fast reading, but rather forgettable. Anyway - Davenport's adopted daughter Letty befriends a "traveler" couple, and when the man disappears the woman calls Letty for help. It all leads to a group of murderers crossing the country, Davenport tracks them down, and they meet their end in a hail of gunfire in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It's still fast reading but this time repetitious within the book: the group gets into a place, they kill someone, the cops are on their tail but lose them...repeat about 4 times.
