tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9071306572651203668.post3365897539314181933..comments2023-10-25T03:44:59.817-04:00Comments on herding cats & burning soup: My first DNF: All Through the Night by Suzanne BrockmannAnna (herding cats-burning soup)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17422129120413380189noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9071306572651203668.post-12746259362917721482012-06-21T01:33:44.386-04:002012-06-21T01:33:44.386-04:00Thanks for your comment Mimirose! It's nice to...Thanks for your comment Mimirose! It's nice to hear the view from someone who has read the whole series. You could tell Brockmann was passionate and invested in what she was writing. I'll definitely give you that. I really didn't mind coming into an already established relationship it was just, like you mentioned, the heavy handed way she went about writing about the subject. <br /><br />I'll give the series another go starting at the very start and see how it goes with all of the background on the couple and maybe I won't feel so bothered by the style. I know a lot of people just love her writing.Anna (herding cats-burning soup)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17422129120413380189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9071306572651203668.post-17364559035379333882012-06-21T00:31:24.548-04:002012-06-21T00:31:24.548-04:00(Let me start off by saying that I absolutely love...(Let me start off by saying that I absolutely love Suzanne Brockmann)<br /><br />I want to comment on you review of All Through the Night. <br /><br />I know that many series' have books that can be read as stand alone books but unfortunately this is not one of them. Starting the series at the beginning would have been best but if you would have started the series even at book 8 (Hot Target) you would have been seeing where Jules meets Robin for the first time and all of the struggles and difficulties both of the men have.<br /><br />By book 11 (Force of Nature), Jules and Robin finally realize that they are the ones for each other which then leads us to book 12 (All Through the Night). I agree that in this book the 'gay agenda' as many put it is out front and is, at times, heavy handed. But with her writing, Ms. Brockmann, is doing what many writers are told when they first start out (even thou she had written many books at that point)... write what you know/and or are passionate about. She knows what it is like to be the mother of a son who is gay and what is happening around him at the time she was writing this book with Massachusettes recognizing gay marriage. By bringing in a character such as Jules, an FBI agent who just happens to be gay, into her Troubleshooter Series, Ms. Brockmann is showing the diversity that is the world we live in.<br /><br />I'm sorry that you didn't finish this book but I do hope that you will give the series a go from the beginning. As I said, I love these books and this author and I wanted to share my thoughts on this.mimirose41209https://www.blogger.com/profile/17141974788637718639noreply@blogger.com