Whether its their home or A Home! If I had no job and no life I'd invest some serious time in finding out which author began this trend in mystery books to include the "zany old person sidekick". Evanovich certainly brought it way into mainstream with Stephanie's grandmother Mazur. It has GOT to stop.
Who exactly are these authors catering to with this nonsense? Is it the young people? Are the young supposed to find shriveled old ladies who dress in multicolored costumes and talk about sex all the time amusing? Or perhaps its to the older crowd itself. All those shriveled old guys who wear their pants up to their armpits and deliver raunchy sexual come ons to the young heroines are heroic symbols to the over 70 crowd. Yeah, I don't think so. The first time this showed up in a book, for a scene, it was funny. Once. For an entire book? Its annoying and I'm skipping those pages. For an entire series? Well, you are going to lose me.
Regular type older person can be just as funny as you think these absurd caricatures are, even more so. Exercise those creative muscles and develop a character that's interesting to read. Please. For the love of Pete.
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