DigitalRob reviewed Cardinal Black by Robert R. McCammon
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5 stars
While I loved this book, I'm a bit torn over my realization that this has really moved away from Holmsian discovery with a mix of action to 95% action/adventure with the occasional mystery to solve. For some reason my brain was insisting that these were mysteries. I love them regardless.
I think I've read this too close to Freedom of the Mask because I'm not sure which events happened in which novel. That said, the action in this story is outstanding. The tension at the auction is outstanding, and the events after from there forward seems to be non-stop thrills.
Elizabeth and Julian are both intriguing characters, and McCammon does a nice job of filling in their back story.
In the end, these novels remind me a great deal of Breaking Bad in how they both handle the concepts of good and evil. I'm not so sure that Julian is …
While I loved this book, I'm a bit torn over my realization that this has really moved away from Holmsian discovery with a mix of action to 95% action/adventure with the occasional mystery to solve. For some reason my brain was insisting that these were mysteries. I love them regardless.
I think I've read this too close to Freedom of the Mask because I'm not sure which events happened in which novel. That said, the action in this story is outstanding. The tension at the auction is outstanding, and the events after from there forward seems to be non-stop thrills.
Elizabeth and Julian are both intriguing characters, and McCammon does a nice job of filling in their back story.
In the end, these novels remind me a great deal of Breaking Bad in how they both handle the concepts of good and evil. I'm not so sure that Julian is actually a bad man. His final actions at the end of the book would indicate that he really is a good man who does bad things. In the end, good and evil are a part of all of us, and sometimes bad things are needed to push the world forward in a good way.