Book #7

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"Coyote Dreams (Walker Papers #3)" by C.E. Murphy

Rating: ♦ ♦

For me, it was almost impossible to like this book because the main character, Joanne Walker, disliked herself so much. And all the stupid mistakes she made, one after another after another after another. The chain of her mistakes that led to suffering for everybody seemed endless. Basically, the whole book was about her running around like a headless chicken and falling in and out of spirit quests or trances. It was way too long and the mysticism seemed overwhelming, leading to a general lack of actual action. And the way she, a trained policewoman, kept letting Barb, a woman half her size, beat her up and escape, was ridiculous.

I obviously have a problem with this series: I love the characters - and yet they leave me so terribly frustrated because I feel that the author is squandering the potential of her own creation.