The good versus the really bad

Couple of weeks ago I decided to start entertaining myself with some easy reads, not the usual Kafka or Hemingway. So, I spent a couple of hours in the Barns and Noble in Boston on State St. till I found two novels that appealed to my senses.
First was named "Harvard Yard", written by William Martin, an author that places all his novel in the Boston - Cape Cod area. "Good", I said to myself, at least I have something to relate to. I live on the Cape. The book, however is excruciatingly painful. Bad is just a small word for it. Without trying to offend Mr. Martin, I couldn't read something like that. Even for a beach read this is way too complicated and not making any sense.
So, after I was 100 pages into Martin's novel, I decided to start Saul's book, given the fact that I had read many things by him before.
Oh well, as you can guess, we have a whole different situation this time. "In the Dark of the Night" is exciting, contemplative and pleasant. It's that kind of easy read that you enjoy, a real page-turner and virtually "unputdownable". Saul is a master of thriller and suspense, while Martin is a master of making his reader's fall asleep.
So, a very good recommendation from me is get any of Saul's 33 novels. I read about half of them, never have I been disappointed.
No, John did not pay me do write this. :)