I always say I’m a Mary Doria Russell fan but have decided that maybe that’s not the most accurate thing to say. I am a fan of Children of God and The Sparrow. Her other books… they’re ok but they always let me down because they just aren’t as good as Children of God and The Sparrow.
Take Doc, for instance.
TW read it first and she said it was ok but the narrator’s voice was wrong.
I thought about that for awhile and tried to forget it.
But I couldn’t forget it. TW was right – the narrator’s voice was wrong.
There were moments when I really liked some of the characters – Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp, even Bat Masterson. And Kate. But, the narrator’s voice got in the way. I’d have liked this book better with no narrator at all.
Darn it.