Reckless Endangerment

Rating:
Summary: Great Read! Hard to put down.
Review: As with all of Tanenbaum's books, I find it hard to put down once started. The fast pace, comedy and surprises around every corner make Butch and Marlene two of my favorite fictional characters. Lucy is every bit her mothers daughter, I would never want Tran on my bad side and who wouldn't want a loyal and obediant dog like Sweetie! The great mix of characters and their personalities in addition to great storylines, makes Tanenbaum number one in my "book".

Rating:
Summary: Disappointing effort by author
Review: Having previously read and enjoyed IRRESISTIBLE IMPULSE by
Robert K. Tanenbaum, I looked forward to listening to RECKLESS
ENDEARMENT . . . I further wanted to catch-up on what was
happening with two characters i had "met" in the previous book,
Butch Barp and Marlene Ciampi . . . they discover themselves
working on two sides of the same case when several homicides
rock downtown manhattan . . . but was I ever disappointed! . . . it
is an excessively convoluted thriller that starts well, then gets bogged
down with too many characters and subplots . . . I also didn't find it
very believable . . . I'll take a "pass" on other books by
Tannenbaum; i.e., unless somebody tells me that I
just caught the author on a rare bad day/effort.

Rating:
Summary: Great (Audio) Book-- Terrible Reading
Review: I've read all of Tanenbaum's books about Butch Karp & Marlene Ciampi and enjoyed them thoroughly, so I was looking forward to listening to this book on tape.

What a disappointment! James Daniels reads the characters with amazingly bad accents (and there are a LOT of accents), mispronounces the names of NYC landmarks (Zabars, most prominently) and has a flat reading style that gnaws at the listener the entire time.

Ruined what could have been a very enjoyable book.