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Escape Clause (Virgil Flowers #9): 3/5 stars. A side effect of building a series around a joke character is that the series is a joke. -- nm

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Oct 16 '22, 19:50

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bah, I really liked Escape Clause and I like Virgil Flowers. If you want grim, go with Lucas Davenport. Escape Clause has (spoiler) - crash davis Oct 16, 20:16 7
- Oh, yes, the back half is pretty good. 4.5/5 on its own. I was quite unimpressed with the first half, hence the low score. Was originally thinking 2. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 16, 20:40 6
  - As for the joke part ... - Beryllium Oct 16, 20:41 5
    - Question: is this your first Virgil Flowers book? - crash davis Oct 16, 20:51 2
      - Hmm, not sure. I didn't think so, but seeing that the main other one I remember is a Prey book ... lemme check. - Beryllium Oct 16, 20:53 1
        
        I like the later ones, esp. Holy Ghost, because they are so much lighter than the Prey novels. Trish liked him once Frankie entered the picture -- nm - crash davis Oct 16, 20:58
    - I read another flowers one a while back that I liked a bit more. - Beryllium Oct 16, 20:48 1
      - That is a Prey book that Flowers appears in. *raspberry noise* -- nm - crash davis Oct 16, 20:52

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