Fletch, Too

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Summary: Fletch meets his dad
Review: A story that contains both mystery and adventure. Fletch goes on a quest to find his dad, and runs into interesting problems all along the way.

Rating:
Summary: Fletch meets his dad
Review: A story that contains both mystery and adventure. Fletch goes on a quest to find his dad, and runs into interesting problems all along the way.

Rating:
Summary: Too much National Geographic, not enough mystery
Review: First of all let me say that I have read all of the Fletch books and I am a big fan of Gregory McDonald. I loved most of the books so I am not just a fan of the movie. But "Fletch, Too" was more of an hour long TV episode than a mystery novel, or any novel for that matter. Taking place in Africa, Mr. McDonald introduces us to cultures we are unfamiliar with - much like in "Carioca Fletch." This is fine, except that this is apparently more important than the story. Most of the "action" is driving from here to there, visiting this place, flying to that place, and - oh my God, eating meals. I understand the realism of having characters eating constantly as real people do, but too much is about fluffy situations such as these and not enough on the story, which gets interesting at the very end. The writing is good, as always, but the story wasn't explored enough. This Fletch adventure would have been exciting to be a part of, but it was a rather dull read. Sorry Mr. McDonald. I am looking forward to Son of Fletch and the Flynn books as well as The Brave.

Rating:
Summary: Too much National Geographic, not enough mystery
Review: First of all let me say that I have read all of the Fletch books and I am a big fan of Gregory McDonald. I loved most of the books so I am not just a fan of the movie. But "Fletch, Too" was more of an hour long TV episode than a mystery novel, or any novel for that matter. Taking place in Africa, Mr. McDonald introduces us to cultures we are unfamiliar with - much like in "Carioca Fletch." This is fine, except that this is apparently more important than the story. Most of the "action" is driving from here to there, visiting this place, flying to that place, and - oh my God, eating meals. I understand the realism of having characters eating constantly as real people do, but too much is about fluffy situations such as these and not enough on the story, which gets interesting at the very end. The writing is good, as always, but the story wasn't explored enough. This Fletch adventure would have been exciting to be a part of, but it was a rather dull read. Sorry Mr. McDonald. I am looking forward to Son of Fletch and the Flynn books as well as The Brave.