443 reviews for:

The Waiting: Pre-Order the Brand New Ballard and Bosch Thriller

Michael Connelly

4.13 AVERAGE

caddarn's review against another edition

3.75

dark hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

bmleaman's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

navik's review

3.75

mysterious

dburley37's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This multi layered novel is full of intrigue, suspence, and political ramifications in the world of police work. Renee Ballard and Harry Bosch team up again in this book, but Maddie Bosch has a large part. In my opinion,  Michael Connelly is the best writer of crime fiction. 

chartsh's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

garywrenmckinney6293's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

benphillips1978's review against another edition

3.0

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I’m a big fan, but this was not his best work.!i kept anticipating my excitement to build, and it never did

mrsr_reads's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious tense

lcunha72's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

dugoutdug23's review against another edition

4.0

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You know you are getting older when the main character of the book series you’ve been reading for over 30 years is retired and plays a minor role in the book.

Anyway, Renee Ballard is heading up a cold case department using volunteers and work on solving the Black Dahlia case among others.