Another
Stuart Wood title made it onto the New
York Times best seller list. I
mustered the patience to get through this one.
I didn’t get too far into Bel Air Dead before I threw in the
towel. I read Son of Stone in
print rather than listening to an audio book. I think a part of my dislike for Bel
Air Dead was the voice of the reader.
But Stuart Wood will likely never make my list of favorite authors.
Son of
Stone is another installment in the Stone Barrington saga. In this one he marries his long time love
Arrington Carter and acknowledges their teenage son, Peter.
In theory, I should like the
Stone Barrington stories. They are tales
of rich jet setters and their dramas and deaths. The stories can concentrate on the action
because there is no need to worry about money and influence can get them where
they need to be in the action. But I
just cannot connect with these folks.
Perhaps it is the very short chapters.
They make the books seem more like bare bones journal entries than
storytelling. I don’t connect to the
characters; I don’t “see” the scenes; there is very little emotion
anywhere. Perhaps Wood writes to a more
masculine audience. I just don’t “get”
him.
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