2015 Reading Challenge: Veronic Mars Mr. Kiss and Tell

2015 Reading Challenge: a book based on or turned into a TV show

Veronica Mars: Mr. Kiss and Tell

Rob Thomas & Jennifer Graham
330 pages

CHARACTERS:
Veronica Mars
Logan Echolls
Keith Mars
Cliff McCormack
Eli "Weevil" Navarro
Leo D'Amato
Mac

The book in which Veronica sets out to solve a case about a rapist... again.

Veronica Mars is recently returned to the private investigating scene and involved again in the seedy underbelly of Neptune, California. So the case: some girl was found in a field nearly dead and raped. Who did it and how did she get there? The hotel that the girl was staying at approaches Veronica about an insurance thing and that gets her started on the case.

Meanwhile, Eli "Weevil" Navarro sues the Neptune Sheriff's office for planting evidence on him and causing him to lose his business and his family in all the legal proceedings. The corrupted Sheriff's department isn't liking all the heat they're getting from the press and the people. This is just an undercurrent to the rather boring rape case that Veronica is dealing with.

In the end, Veronica gets her man in a quite anti-climatic way with the help of some old friends. I mean, I know that real life isn't always narrow escapes and explosions and all that jazz, but it's a book meant for entertainment. I want something exciting to read. And again, another rapist. Isn't this the third one in the Veronica Mars franchise?

It has a happy ending of sorts and the authors (Rob Thomas being the original creator of Veronica Mars) do a really great job at staying true to the characters from the TV show. The dialogue is very spot on. However, I have a couple of reasons why I wouldn't recommend this for others to read. One big one being the unnecessary use of bad language. I may just be in a little Mormon girl bubble or something but honestly, do "regular" people really use the f-word for no good reason in the middle of a normal conversation? Good grief, it's irritating to read. Also, as I mention before, it's quite anti-climatic. It just wasn't an interesting case. I wasn't emotionally involved with the victim or the villain or really even Veronica. It was simply disappointing.

My recommendation: go watch the TV series and the movie that came out last year. It's more interesting. And you get to see this guy:

And that makes it totally worth your time. 

Yours,

Chuck