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Major events happen in this novel. I watch the series on Amazon so I was not surprised by what happened in this book even though it was still different. I'm still liking the series but I wish I could stop noticing how awkward the internal and external dialogues sometimes are.
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This one showed up as being part of the Mickey Holler series, but it really isn't. There was maybe a chapter or two where he was part of it. I actually had this case solved from the first couple of chapters. It wasn't bad, and there were several twists to the story to keep it interesting.
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I had been skipping Michael Connelly's Bosch books because I wasn't really excited by the one I had read, Echo Park. To me, this one was better. It may be that Bosch's motivation to go "off the map" is more compelling--his daughter has been kidnapped. Here Connelly's taut, fast-paced writing kept me reading. There is enough character development and description of the setting to fill-in the picture. Bosch is still irritatingly perceptive of some people's motivations and needs and totally blind t
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I have been a fan of Michael Connelly for a long time and could always count on him for a good read. But this one fell flat. The writing was wooden; it just didn't have any life in it. Even at its most dramatic points, the feeling wasn't there. Or maybe it was just me. But I don't think so. Connelly spent too many words telling what Bosch did and not enough about what he felt, how he sensed the world around him, where he was. This book introduces a major plot development in Bosch's story, but it
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Tämä oli jäänyt "kesken". Ja kun oli lähes ainoita jäljellä olevia Boscheja, niin tuli tartuttua tähän uudestaan. No edelleen alku oli tavallaan hyvä, mutta sitten lässähti. Ehkä se oli sama syy kuin viimeksi, eli syyllinen oli jo heti tiedossa. Kuitenkin jatkoin lukemista ja loppujen lopuksi tajusin, että olihan tämä tullut luettua jo aikaisemmin loppuun. Mutta nytkin tuli se fiilis, että oli jotenkin vähän ulkopuolinen tarina, eikä sitä Boschia, jota odotin ja johon oli tottunut.
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Another great fast read about Michael Connelly's gruff and loveable LA detective Harry Bosch. This one is partially set in the San Fernando Valley, near Ventura and Sepulveda Blvds, familiar territory, which is always fun!
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Another fine installment in the Harry Bosch series.
Dec 30, 2009
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