Review: Clete

Clete by James Lee Burke
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The most amazing part of this audiobook was that the narrator does Clete's voice with a gravelly texture. It has got to hurt his throat doing that voice. And here, he does it through almost the entire book. Kudos to Will Patton.

Strange thing is, now that we get into the mind of Clete, he's almost identical to Robicheaux in how he thinks and imagines. Clete spends a lot of time talking to Joan of Arc in between "investigating", which was very much like Dave seeing the Confederates every few chapters. I'm not sure it's a good thing that two friends seem to share the same mental issues, but that does explain why they are friends.

Typical Burke story, at least typical of the last several Robicheaux books. Burke still describes the oppressive atmosphere in the bayous and parishes of Louisiana and the supernatural visions that atmosphere can release, but it doesn't seem as steamy as it used to be.

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