Comments on: Mr. Monk Is Miserable http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/mystery/mr-monk-is-miserable/ reading material to get excited about Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:23:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Thomas http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/mystery/mr-monk-is-miserable/comment-page-1/#comment-59141 Thomas Tue, 26 May 2009 00:34:12 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=5621#comment-59141 I LOVE PSYCH!!! I love Psych, Monk, and the Burn Notice!!! WOOT!!! they're all amazing. I LOVE PSYCH!!! I love Psych, Monk, and the Burn Notice!!! WOOT!!! they’re all amazing.

]]> By: Alan Cranis http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/mystery/mr-monk-is-miserable/comment-page-1/#comment-56417 Alan Cranis Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:16:43 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=5621#comment-56417 Lee, Thank you for your response to my review, and for participating in these comments. Looking forward to your next book. Lee,
Thank you for your response to my review, and for participating in these comments. Looking forward to your next book.

]]> By: Lee Goldberg http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/mystery/mr-monk-is-miserable/comment-page-1/#comment-56414 Lee Goldberg Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:37:12 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=5621#comment-56414 Maybe the problem is familial... my brother Tod writes the BURN NOTICE books! Lee Maybe the problem is familial… my brother Tod writes the BURN NOTICE books!

Lee

]]> By: Glen Davis http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/mystery/mr-monk-is-miserable/comment-page-1/#comment-56412 Glen Davis Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:35:54 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=5621#comment-56412 I like the Monk books and the TV series. I found Goldberg's Diagnosis: Murder adaptations to be similarly excellent. One slightly off topic observation: When reading Burn Notice: The Fix, right after reading an entry in the Monk series, Michael Westen sounds an awful lot like Natalie Teeger in the interior prose, which takes one right out of the book. I like the Monk books and the TV series. I found Goldberg’s Diagnosis: Murder adaptations to be similarly excellent.

One slightly off topic observation: When reading Burn Notice: The Fix, right after reading an entry in the Monk series, Michael Westen sounds an awful lot like Natalie Teeger in the interior prose, which takes one right out of the book.

]]> By: R http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/mystery/mr-monk-is-miserable/comment-page-1/#comment-56411 R Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:22:56 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=5621#comment-56411 Yep, that's what I meant. As the narrator, she calls him Monk. She doesn't actually say it when speaking. Yep, that’s what I meant. As the narrator, she calls him Monk. She doesn’t actually say it when speaking.

]]> By: Lee Goldberg http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/mystery/mr-monk-is-miserable/comment-page-1/#comment-56410 Lee Goldberg Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:18:21 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=5621#comment-56410 Alan, Thank you so much for the great review. I can't tell you how truly flattered I am to be favorably compared to John Dickson Carr. Lee Alan,

Thank you so much for the great review. I can’t tell you how truly flattered I am to be favorably compared to John Dickson Carr.

Lee

]]> By: Lee Goldberg http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/mystery/mr-monk-is-miserable/comment-page-1/#comment-56409 Lee Goldberg Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:17:26 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=5621#comment-56409 Actually, that's not accurate. Natalie calls him Mr. Monk in the books...and so does her daughter Julie. Natalie refers to him as "Mr. Monk" when she speaks to him or when she speaks about him to others. The only time she doesn't refer to him so formally is in the prose, which you can consider her diary. The same goes for "Captain Stottlemeyer," who she refers to as "Captain" when speaking to him but as Stottlemeyer or the Captain in prose Lee Actually, that’s not accurate. Natalie calls him Mr. Monk in the books…and so does her daughter Julie.

Natalie refers to him as “Mr. Monk” when she speaks to him or when she speaks about him to others. The only time she doesn’t refer to him so formally is in the prose, which you can consider her diary. The same goes for “Captain Stottlemeyer,” who she refers to as “Captain” when speaking to him but as Stottlemeyer or the Captain in prose

Lee

]]> By: R http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/mystery/mr-monk-is-miserable/comment-page-1/#comment-56408 R Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:11:13 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=5621#comment-56408 I used to watch every episode of Monk, until the joke started getting old. I'll still watch it on occasion, but it can't compare to Psych. Anyway, someone I know had one of these novelizations, so I tried one. Not my thing. And the part that made no sense was that in the show, Natalie calls Monk "Mr. Monk." In the books, she, the narrator, calls him just "Monk." It throws the whole thing off. It doesn't sound right. And the guy who writes the novels has written for the show. But anyway... I used to watch every episode of Monk, until the joke started getting old. I’ll still watch it on occasion, but it can’t compare to Psych. Anyway, someone I know had one of these novelizations, so I tried one. Not my thing. And the part that made no sense was that in the show, Natalie calls Monk “Mr. Monk.” In the books, she, the narrator, calls him just “Monk.” It throws the whole thing off. It doesn’t sound right. And the guy who writes the novels has written for the show. But anyway…

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