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Pros & Cons
Pros
The characters are vivid to me, and the plot unfolds effortlessly.
Tony dunbar's stories of lawyer tubby dubonnet are marvelous. The author weaves a lot of history and local color of new orleans into his stories. River pollution, * deals, gambling casino, lake fishing provide the locales.
His detective work is often possible because of his long time connections in new orleans. A human desire for revenge is forgiven with unusual rationale. Vengeance is mine says the lord, but should vengeance be taken by a family member?
Lawyer tubby dubonnet defends those in need for payments ranging from one praline to a five dollar bill. He has a passion for fishing; divorced, with understandable regrets the marriage couldn't be made to work; with three grown and almost grown daugh... Read More
Cons
Not a story to hold my interest. Not much flavor of new orleans. Too much drinking. If you’re looking for three-dimensional characters that jump off the page, i’d recommend looking elsewhere. Plot isn't compelling.
For better or worse, the beads appear only as local color, since no one ever "earns" them. Just not my kind of book.
Highlights
Quality
Excellent book with many nerve wracking dangerous situations that lawyer tuby has to face
Not only is tubby completely authentic but so are the fabulously detailed descriptions of new orleans
Not much on character development and all the different angles distracted from the story made it a bit thin and some angles wer... Read More
I would have liked to have the characters better filled in and keeping some of the minor characters organized was a bit of a challenge
Price
Cant imagine that i have yet to pay for one
Competitiveness
Its actually better than some of the others in the seriesbut it has one glaring writers error
And just like describing a lover he also shows without judgement some of the less than desirable parts such as polluting corpor... Read More
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- This product had a total of 4,305 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 5 2024.
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This one is right up there with them
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Dont miss out on this book
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I had to stop reading for a bit just to make a comment
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Its annoying when i see details like that it lets the reader know the author doesnt know much about the guns hes mentioned
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There is no need for a safety on a revolver because the trigger is so heavy
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You have to have a deliberate pull of about 12 lbs
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Okay ill get back to my reading
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