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A Red Death (Easy Rawlins Mystery Series , No 2) by Walter Mosley
Reader Reviews 1 of 2 people found the following review helpful: Rawlings is weird, August 1, 2002 Reviewer: J R Zullo from S?o Paulo, Brazil This is the second Easy Rwalings book, a series by Walter Mosley. It's a short and fast-paced book, easy to read. There are two problems with Easy Rawlings, though. As happens with all Mosley books, the plots are kind of misty, you just don't know for sure what Rawlings must do or discover through the story. Other thing I find extremely annoying is that, except Rawlings, other characters are completely undeveloped, they're just names thrown into the story, making it a little confusing, you almost never know who is who and what part they seem to take in the plot. Easy Rawlings is a funny character, though a little too stupid. He acts before he thinks. Mosley thinks this is a means to provide action in the book and it works well, but I thought Easy was rather obtuse sometimes. But maybe Mosley just wanted to create a story as close to reality as possible. As in "Devil in a blue dress", the most interesting character is Mouse, Easy's friend, a murderer without scruples, who should get a book of his own. I'll give a try to "White Butterfly", the next book in the series. Grade 7.3/10
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