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Summary: Everything but the outdoors
Review: I'm a big fan of Nevada Barr. She not only concocts a good mystery, she is an excellent writer in the vein of P.D. James, with lovely descriptions and good character development. While Hunting Season is an intriguing and well-researched book on the South, I found myself missing the outdoor settings and environmental plots, as well as Anna''s challenging the elements. I also thought the romance element was weaker than previous books. The draw of Sheriff Davidson doesn't come through in this book -- he is no Frederick Stanton.
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Summary: Good entry in Anna Pigeon series
Review: I've read all the Anna Pigeon books and this is one of the best. As always, the author's knowledge of natural settings and creatures adds greatly to the enjoyment. The mystery is a good one, exploring more aspects of Anna's character, especially her vulnerability because of her small size and the fact that she is the "boss" and uneasy in her new position. The descriptions of the different reactions of other characters (co-workers, other law enforcers, townspeople and suspects) are excellent, exploring Mississippians using their present and past to explain their different reactions to situations. Anna's romance with Sheriff Paul Davidson, with its ups and downs, adds interest and humanity to Anna's character. Too bad there isn't more about sister Molly! Since reading "Deep South", I have visited the Natchez Trace Parkway. Both that book and this one evoke the area, its eerieness and its history very well.
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Summary: Accurate and Entertaining
Review: Nevada Barr always amazes me with her accurate delivery of the life of a nomadic park service employee. I worked for the Forest Service in the past, in the south. It's quite a challenge for us Yankees to fit in, and Anna seems to do it with the same struggles I had. Being a woman in a profession of mostly men is a great challenge, too, in the south. I loved reading how she dealt with all kinds of prejudices, including ones against her. As always, I feel like shouting "Yahoo!" for Anna and her accomplishments. If you've liked Barr's other books, you'll love this one, too.
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Summary: Excellent read
Review: Nevada Barr does great characters, and this is one of her best. Anna Pigeon, of course---ascerbic, independent, quick-thinking, courageous. But the secondary characters are equally well-done...I particularly got a kick out of her rendering of the the various good ol' boys in this mystery, starting with her deputy, Randy Thigpen. You expect well-written atmospheric settings in a Barr novel, not only the natural setting, but also the cultural, and Hunting Season is no exception. I think these novels set in Mississippi are just about her best.
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Summary: Another Excellent Read
Review: Nevada Barr gets better with every book. All of her characters are multi-dimensional, real people. Her layered plots draw me in so that I have to read some every night or I go to sleep feeling like I haven't checked in with a good friend. Hunting Season is an excellent work. Great plots. The writing allows me to actually experience the locations, know the characters, and share their emotions. The only downside is that I've read everything Nevada Barr has written and now have to wait for her next book. If you're looking for a favorite mystery writer - check out Nevada Barr.
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Summary: Broken Barr
Review: Noting my own prickliness in reading this book, at first I thought it was my mood. It wasn't, it was the book itself. ... I've read all the other Anna Pigeon series and this book has to be the absolute worst. In some series, you can see the character's growth from book to book, but here we're seeing not growth but decline. And it's not pretty.
... If I hadn't already bought it and read it, I wouldn't. Hopefully, Ms. Barr will take the bad reviews to heart and be inspired to write something far better for the next in the series.
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Summary: not up to par
Review: Of all the Anna Pigion books I have read, this is the worst. The charecters are shallow and stiff, the dialog stillted and meaningless, and the park is not well described and in no way seems like a place one would like to visit. This mystery seems to be a big "so what". Not nearly up to Ms Barr's best efforts.
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Summary: The worst in the Anna Pidgeon series
Review: This book was EXCELLENT, much better than the last and very suspenseful. I haven't read a book in a long time that I couldn't put down until the end, but I couldn't rest until I got found out "who did it." The ending, while a surprise, was still believable and fit into the story well. Really, you need to buy this, it was great.
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Summary: Great Read!
Review: This book was EXCELLENT, much better than the last and very suspenseful. I haven't read a book in a long time that I couldn't put down until the end, but I couldn't rest until I got found out "who did it." The ending, while a surprise, was still believable and fit into the story well. Really, you need to buy this, it was great.
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Summary: Hunting Season by Nevada Barr review
Review: This is the 3rd Anna Pigeon mystery I have read, the others were first Deep South, the second Liberty Falling and now Hunting Season. I think her writing is very well done and her novels keep my interest from the beginning and I keep on going if I have the time. This plot is well done, kept me guessing until the very end. I am now reading Firestorm and plan to read each of her mysteries.
Nevada Barr is great!
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