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Outstanding
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LA Weekly Ben Cosgrove
Mosleyâs dogged, gradual unveiling (or discovery) of his protagonistâs motives, flaws, decency, brutality, spitefulness and charm is as artful and committed a character study as readers will find in modern American letters.
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Outstanding
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Publishers Weekly
Mosley is able to capture the era... in brief strokes that provide a brilliant background to Easy's search for solutions. [11 Jul 2005, p. 66]
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Outstanding
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Daily Telegraph Susanna Yager
Cinnamon Kiss is one of Mosley's most entertaining books. The mystery is a particularly good one and no other writer conveys so vividly the feelings and experiences of a black man in a world controlled by people who mistrust, fear and hate him.
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Favorable
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The Globe And Mail [Toronto] Margaret Cannon
The investigation, which takes Rawlins through a maze of hippie enclaves and all the political and personal confusions of 1968, is a marvellous evocation of a time that now seems as far away as the Great Depression. [1 Oct 2005]
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Favorable
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The Onion A.V. Club Keith Phipps
Mosley has written an almost offhanded cultural history of Los Angeles as seen from the perspective of a smart, not-always-lucky black World War II vet with a knack for helping others out of jams--occasionally at the cost of his own happiness.
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Favorable
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Wall Street Journal Tom Nolan
As usual, Easy negotiates tricky passages in his personal life while trying to find his way between received wisdom and official authority--between the folks he grew up with and the powers that be.
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Favorable
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Washington Post Ron Charles
Walter Mosley's thrillers should be the literary equivalent of Milk Duds, but there's something surprisingly nutritious about them.
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Favorable
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Library Journal Roger A. Berger
Mosley has never been a great literary stylist, but he's a good writer of detective fiction, and his recurring characters continue to have appeal. [1 Aug 2005, p. 60]
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Favorable
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Los Angeles Times Dick Lochte
Another compelling, fast-paced and frequently profound thriller. [17 Sep 2005, p. E1]
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Favorable
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Booklist Bill Ott
Like the best crime series, the Rawlins novels continue to evolve in surprising ways. [1 Jun 2005, p. 1712]
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Favorable
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Bookslut Clayton Moore
Itâs a rich fusion of noir-influenced minimalism, jazzy street speak and a singular voice that make Easy Rawlins one of the most distinctive and powerful characters in modern fiction.
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Favorable
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Boston Globe Renee Graham
With ''Cinnamon Kiss," [Mosley] once again proves that he may sooner run out of color-coded titles than gripping stories to tell in this deservedly acclaimed series.
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Favorable
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Chicago Tribune Dick Adler
Even when his plotting totters into the twilight zone, as it does in the 10th book in his series about Easy Rawlins, Walter Mosley has such a firm command over the mind and body of his lead character that Rawlins becomes a man we would recognize in a crowd. [18 Sep 2005, p. 4]
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Favorable
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Entertainment Weekly Gilbert Cruz
Even with its ''where did that come from'' resolution, Cinnamon convincingly wraps a mystery within the larger context of history and race in Los Angeles.
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Favorable
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Kirkus Reviews
Lacks the searing intensity of Little Scarlet (2004), but still as rich and tightly wound as you'd expect from Mosley. [1 Jun 2005, p. 614]
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Mixed
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San Francisco Chronicle Carlo Wolff
The good guys win, the ending is bittersweet, and Mosley sets up a sequel. It's interesting to absorb the changes as Easy ages along with the times. Here, however, the distractions--and some are pips--get in the way of his development.
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