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Liked It “Fabulous start to the Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee mystery series.” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It “I think I like the Leaphorn novels better than the Chee novels by Hillerman.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Listened to this while driving from Colorado to Utah with the family. As is typical for a Hillerman novel, it is a quick, entertaining read. ”
Brett J wrote this review Monday, October 5 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Fabulous start to the Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee mystery series.”
Cheryl D wrote this review Thursday, September 17 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Read this while living in SF, where I knew Tony's daughter, a reporter for the New Mexican. ”
Alan M wrote this review Monday, August 24 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Fantastic scenery, suspenseful action and the beauty of Navajo culture combine in the first of Hillerman's books introducing Detective Joe Leaphorn. I've read several of the other Leaphorn/Jim Chee series books in no particular order and am finally starting at the beginning. And what a great beginning! If I'd read this book when it was published, I would have been as impatient for the next one as I am waiting for the next Sue Grafton novel. As it is, I'll be in and out of the library or used book store many more times this summer until I've devoured every word Hillerman has written.”
cheryl r wrote this review Friday, August 14 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I was on a Tony Hillerman kick many years ago - back when they could hardly keep the bookstore shelves stocked because his Navajo detective novels were so popular. I enjoyed these intriguing page-turners that take the reader into a world that is, although in the United States, slightly different from the world with which the reader is familiar.”
moik wrote this review Friday, January 30 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The Blessing Way (Joe Leaphorn Novels)
Robert of Ravenclaw wrote this review Tuesday, August 12 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
by Tony Hillerman
( 4 star )
I enjoyed this book , but I the ending was a bit of a let down . The story starts out on the Navajo Tribal Police with Lt. Joe Leaphorn is looking for a Navajo who has stabbed someone . As he goes to find he is joined by anthropologist Bergen McKee. The two find him dead . So Lt. Joe Leaphorn goes out to find who has killed him . McKee starts to look into the Navajo Witches . Both of there investigations intersect at the end of the book .
What makes this book such a fun read is , how Tony Hillerman puts the Navajo cutler and mythology as the back ground of the book . ”“I think I like the Leaphorn novels better than the Chee novels by Hillerman.”
Justin M wrote this review Wednesday, May 14 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The book's title "The Blessing Way" refers to a Navaho healing ceremony. In this book Hillerman introduces Joe Leaphorn and his Navajo culture. Hillerman's police lieutenant is a non-traditional Navajo, yet very much still a Navajo, with all of the cultural baggage that brings along. Leaphorn is constantly struggling to reconcile his Navajo culture with the modern needs of his life and his work.
Helge M wrote this review Thursday, April 10 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Hillerman mysteries are essentially police procedurals. They tend to follow the cops around, and allow us a glimpse of each of the characters' thought processes. Instead of worrying excessively about CSI type stuff, Hillerman concentrates on people and their motives. More often than not the mystery isn't solved in the armchair, but in the act of catching the perpetrator.”“I love all of Hillerman's books because of the point of view of the main characters. No matter what is happening, there is always time to notice the beauty of life--what a gift!”
Leslie L wrote this review Tuesday, March 25 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
