Opinions on novels?
Have you any of you read the tie-in novels by Max Allan Collins?
I'm looking for opinions to help me decide whether they're worth checking out. Personally, I was fairly spectacularly unimpressed with the Bones tie-in of his that I read, but I know people who've really enjoyed his CSI ones, so I'd love to know whether the Criminal Minds ones are any good.
Mostly I'd like to know whether he seems to have a grasp of the characters and how they interact and whether it seems like he really knows the show. I get so frustrated when I read tie-in novels by authors who've clearly never even watched the show in question and mess up details and character points all over the place.
Any opinions much appreciated!
ETA:
Name: Lindsay
Age: 26
Location: England
Favorite TV Show: Other than Criminal Minds, probably Bones and The West Wing.
Other Shows Watched: Too many to list, but a sample of those still airing would include CSI: New York, Grey's Anatomy, How I Met Your Mother, Sanctuary, 90210... I'm eclectic, what can I say?
Favorite Quote: It changes all the time, but right now I'm liking this one: "You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do." ~Eleanor Roosevelt. (Why yes, it is in a Criminal Minds episode *g*)
Favorite Color: Purple.
If I was a criminal, I'd be... feeling really guilty about it.
I'm looking for opinions to help me decide whether they're worth checking out. Personally, I was fairly spectacularly unimpressed with the Bones tie-in of his that I read, but I know people who've really enjoyed his CSI ones, so I'd love to know whether the Criminal Minds ones are any good.
Mostly I'd like to know whether he seems to have a grasp of the characters and how they interact and whether it seems like he really knows the show. I get so frustrated when I read tie-in novels by authors who've clearly never even watched the show in question and mess up details and character points all over the place.
Any opinions much appreciated!
ETA:
Name: Lindsay
Age: 26
Location: England
Favorite TV Show: Other than Criminal Minds, probably Bones and The West Wing.
Other Shows Watched: Too many to list, but a sample of those still airing would include CSI: New York, Grey's Anatomy, How I Met Your Mother, Sanctuary, 90210... I'm eclectic, what can I say?
Favorite Quote: It changes all the time, but right now I'm liking this one: "You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do." ~Eleanor Roosevelt. (Why yes, it is in a Criminal Minds episode *g*)
Favorite Color: Purple.
If I was a criminal, I'd be... feeling really guilty about it.