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Title: The Bishop and the Three Kings: A Blackie Ryan Mystery by Andrew M. Greeley ISBN: 0-425-16617-1 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: November, 1998 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.09 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Loved it, mostly!
Comment: This Blackie Ryan novel was truly entertaining, and is one of my favorites in the series. It's a good one to read around the Christmas holidays. I'll admit that Cinda-Sue's dialect can be a bit distracting, but I found her quite well-rounded as a character once he developed her a bit, and learned to live with her. Let's face it, we all have dialects, but few of us recognize it because most of those around us speak in the same way. I think Father Greeley uses dialects and slang as a means of helping his readers distinguish between characters. In his mysteries, there tends to be lots of characters with the same last names or similar chracteristics, so the dialects and slang are helpful identifiers for those of us who get a little befuddled about who is who after a few days away from the book. I just wish he would drop the "Like-Ohmigod!" valley girl talk he tends to give the virtuous Meaghans and any other teenage girl in his novels. I haven't spoken with a teenager who uses speech pattens like that since 1983. Keep cranking the Blackie Ryan novels out, Father Greeley!
Rating: 1
Summary: Good grief, Padre!
Comment: I really tried to read this book. I've read most everything the Good Father has written, both fiction and non-fiction, but I just couldn't finish this. Cinda-Sue's dialect is distracting, incorrect, and extremely offensive. I have lived in the south most of my 62 years and I have never heard anyone begin a sentence with "happen", nor have I ever heard the word "bodacious" used. The "Hollywood" / "Beverly Hillbillies" / "Hee-Haw" representation of the south and Southerners are stereotypes that need to die.
Once you get past (if you can) Cinda-Sue the plot is convoluted, cumbersome, and boring. Don't waste your time with this book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Blackie Visits Germany
Comment: This was an intriguing plot, and the various church leaders were interesting. Frankly,I am tired of Cinda Sue! I hope she is not in future books. Her "mountain girl" talk is too much for me.I have lived in the South and known many Southerners but they do not sound like her. I especially was interested in the exsoldier priest,who mourned the death of his wife. Blackie is delightful, as usual.
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Title: The Bishop at Sea by Andrew M. Greeley ISBN: 0425160807 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: November, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Bishop in the West Wing by Andrew M. Greeley ISBN: 0812575989 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 16 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Bishop and The Missing L Train : Blackie Ryan #1 by Andrew M. Greeley ISBN: 0812575962 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 15 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Bishop and the Beggar Girl of St. Germain : A Bishop Blackie Ryan Novel by Andrew M. Greeley ISBN: 0812575970 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 17 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Happy Are the Oppressed by Andrew M. Greeley ISBN: 0515119210 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: August, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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