{"id":11816,"date":"2019-04-02T18:21:19","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T22:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=11816"},"modified":"2022-08-14T09:25:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T13:25:59","slug":"reasonable-doubt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/11816","title":{"rendered":"Reasonable Doubt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reasonable Doubt<\/a><\/em> (2018) Gregory Ashe<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ugh again with the editing issues. Somers freaks out when he discovers a twelve minute phone call that Hazard will make a couple chapters later.<\/p>\n

Years ago my husband and I watched Fight Club and Snatch, and after that we joked about only watching a movie if Brad Pitt got the shit beat out of him in it. (Which wasn’t that difficult to do at one point.) <\/p>\n

I’m kinda feeling like Hazard is Brad Pitt in this scenario: he keeps getting the shit beaten out of him. Every single book.<\/p>\n

Yeah, he has a temper and is a physical guy, but, come on. He’s been shot. Beaten up, including hit in the head and a giant gash in his hand. Hit in the head with a baseball bat. Has his already concussed head slammed into the floor.<\/p>\n

So of course he gets beaten to hell in this book as well.<\/p>\n

It wouldn’t be quite so noticeable if Somers wasn’t getting away without a scratch in every book. <\/p>\n

This isn’t to say the story was bad–it wasn’t. I mean: still reading here. But the giant editing errors are annoying, and Hazard always being a bloody mess is starting to get a little old. As is his temper; I have to wonder whether a real cop could get away with some of the shit he pulls.<\/p>\n

So, the positives: Somers is finally spending time with his daughter, who he adores. And Hazard has NO IDEA how to deal with the kid.<\/p>\n

Hazard wasn\u2019t entirely sure about how babies worked. He understood the biology and physiology of reproduction. He\u2019d seen a few documentaries on childbirth. If worse came to worst, he could probably get a woman through an easy labor. But the rest of it\u2014 were children like cats? Was there some toddler equivalent of catnip that Somers had sprinkled in Hazard\u2019s pockets?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No kiddy catnip equivalent, but there ARE people that kids are drawn to. I’m one of those people. And I remember adults like that when I was a kid.<\/p>\n

She yanked a fat volume and held it up questioningly. <\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s James Joyce.\u201d <\/p>\n

One pudgy hand folded the book open. She grabbed a page. With a sudden, vicious cry, she tore the page free. Then her big, dark eyes cut towards Hazard. <\/p>\n

He shrugged. \u201cNobody will even notice.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So the story is that a religious figure is murdered, and everyone seems like they should have good reason to kill him.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, there is a fair amount about religion here, with Hazard (of course (but justifiably)) reacting badly to it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just can\u2019t think straight when I\u2019m around that kind of stuff. God, Jesus, all that. I\u2019m back in that shithole again. And I know, up here, that it isn\u2019t all the same. I know about Mother Theresa and I know about people, good people, who are religious. But then someone opens their mouth and it doesn\u2019t matter what my brain says.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Somers deals with it a little better.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou two call it a night. I\u2019ll stick around and see if the river turns to blood or wine or whatever the hell it\u2019s supposed to.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cIf it turns to wine,\u201d Somers said, \u201ccall. No matter what time. If it\u2019s blood it can wait, but if it\u2019s wine, just keep calling.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So the mystery was interesting, and I couldn’t stop reading, but the editing issues are bothersome.<\/p>\n

Luckily, I’ve got two pre-orders that just came in, so good for me.
\nRating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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