Reviews

A Darkness More Than Night by Michael Connelly

tylerc's review

mysterious tense fast-paced

4.75

alifromkc1907's review against another edition

4.0

Gut Instinct Rating: 4
Characters: 4.25
Believability: 4.5
Uniqueness: 4
Writing Style: 5
Excitement Factor: 4
Story Line: 3
Title Relevance: 5
Artwork Relevance: 3
Audiobook Narration: 4.25
Overall: 4.10

djhobby's review

4.0

7.5 out of 10 stars.

bookhawk's review

5.0

A Darkness More Than Night is an excellent police procedural mystery. Connelly always writes well yet this book was mildly genius and amazingly bold. I always prefer to read a series in order to best appreciate the larger character arcs in play. Reading these and the related books of Bood Work and the Poet helped tremendously in the appreciation of this book. Connelly’s book are sometimes a bit dark and long and extremely worth reading.

namulith's review

2.0

Bosch was great as always, McCaleb is a self-righteous ass.

gmvader's review

4.0

Michael Connelly never disappoints at mysteries that are intense, focused and well-written tales of suspense and danger. His usual hero, Harry Bosch, has a fascinating set of flaws and skills that keep his stories interesting from book to book. With this novel Connelly decided to combine Harry Bosch’s story with the investigations of retired FBI agent Terry McCaleb.

The story had the same problem that I always have when an author switches between characters that I like to read about. Every time it switches I get mad that I have to leave the previous character behind. Connelly has always been great at his characters. They’re real in a way that feels natural. They are smart and proactive because they are book heroes but they also have fears and concerns and blind spots and make mistakes and occasionally say stupid things.

In other words they are human and because of that they are easily identifiable.

Terry McCaleb is almost instantly likable and he sets out to solve a mystery that gets him involved in the trial that Harry Bosch is in the middle of testifying at. Between the two of them they unravel the mystery and uncover a dark secret that powerful people had put great effort into hiding.

There’s not much more to say about a Michael Connelly novel. If you’ve already read one of his books you are probably a fan. If you haven’t this is as good a place to start as any.

hi_miche's review

dark informative mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

llkendrick's review

3.0

I didn't like the introduction of a new character, Terry McCaleb, in the Harry Bosch series because it left me wondering who this guy was. Apparently this is the second or third book in the Terry series but the author combined them in this book. I'm a little OCD about reading books in order so I feel like I got tricked into reading this one out of order.

paperdaisy123's review against another edition

2.0

First off, let me say that this was the abridged audio version of the book. I did not realize it was the abridged version until I was about halfway through or I probably would not have read it. The story was okay, although I found it extremely hard to believe that they linked Harry Bosch to the crimes simply because he had the same name as a famous painter. This was my lowest rating for any of the Michael Connelly books, but the unabridged version might have included details I did not get in this version.

terrik_409's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Didn't enjoy as much as the other Bosch books. The introduction of Terry was too distracting and I just wasn't interested.