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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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
Michael Connelly is a long time favorite of mine in the police procedural/thriller genre. Ballard and Bosch are a well balanced duo.
Detective Renée Ballard heads the LAPD Open-Unsolved Unit. With her team of passionate volunteers at work, the discovery of new DNA evidence offers hope in solving the decades-old "Pillowcase Rapist" case. But Renée's got a big problem. While surfing, her badge and gun are stolen, and she needs to get them back before the Chief finds out. Her search leads her to a possible terrorist attack, so she enlists the aid of friend and mentor Harry Bosch, whose daughter Maddie has just joined her team. Looking to carve out her own path, Maddie brings Renée some incredible evidence that could help solve LA's most infamous case, the 1947 death of the Black Dahlia.
The Waiting is the sixth installment in author Michael Connelly's Renée Ballard Series. If you haven’t delved into any of the 39 books in what is known as the "Bosch Universe," it’s time to jump on board. Starting with the Renée Ballard Series would be a good place to begin unless you’re feeling adventurous and want to start from the very beginning. The Bosch TV series (Prime 2014-2021) and the current Bosch Legacy make excellent companions. A spinoff featuring Renée Ballard is in the works. However, nothing compares to immersing yourself in Connelly's fast-paced, action-packed books.
Rated 4.5 stars.
Review to be posted on MicheleReader.com.
The Waiting is the sixth installment in author Michael Connelly's Renée Ballard Series. If you haven’t delved into any of the 39 books in what is known as the "Bosch Universe," it’s time to jump on board. Starting with the Renée Ballard Series would be a good place to begin unless you’re feeling adventurous and want to start from the very beginning. The Bosch TV series (Prime 2014-2021) and the current Bosch Legacy make excellent companions. A spinoff featuring Renée Ballard is in the works. However, nothing compares to immersing yourself in Connelly's fast-paced, action-packed books.
Rated 4.5 stars.
Review to be posted on MicheleReader.com.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
So this dragged terribly. Harry was barely in this. I'm just a little exhausted by Renee cause she just seems to be ridiculous and the overall story and side plot lines that were going on didn't really work. We get more of Maddie Bosch in this one and if she's supposed to be taking over for Harry hard pass.
And Connelly decided that he was going to take on a famous unsolved murder case in this one and solve it was just eye roll inducing.
Full review: Bummed I paid for this one and didn't just wait it out via the library. If you do want to follow up with Renee and Harry, you may want to wait on this.
"The Waiting" follows Renee Ballard and Harry Bosch. The last time we got Harry, he was in a Lincoln Lawyer book (go back and read that one). I felt a bit disenchanted with the last Renee/Harry book and lo and behold I still am. "The Waiting" starts off with a side quest plot that leads to a larger plot, but not one of "the big ones." Renee goes surfing, thieves hit her car and she loses her badge and gun. Instead of having any sense, Renee decides to tell no one, but is on the lookout on how to get it back. On top of that, she's still leading the cold case unit. She has some new people, and the terrible Colleen is still there. With a cold case that can lead back to a serial rapist and then murderer, Renee has a lot going on. But then Harry's daughter, Maddie wants to join the unit, and she thinks she has the key to solving one of LA's worst unsolved murder cases.
Yes, that was a lot and no, nothing really hangs together well. We get drips about Renee's life. She still is the world's worst dog owner. There's no real development there at all. Connelly tries to invite interest by giving us another insight into Renee's life and potential ties to the fires that recently occurred in Maui.
Harry is in this, just. He gets involved with one of the side quests and then just disappears. It didn't even make sense to me what was even going on, but it read like a Harry Bosch thing and not a Renee Ballard thing. I get that Connelly always likes to tie his settings into our "real world" but I called BS on that whole subplot due to the ridiculous amount of plot holes I won't get into so I don't spoil anyone.
Maddie is a blank slate. Why Connelly didn't either switch the POVs in this one with Renee and Harry is baffling, but you think he would have used this book to allow us into Maddie's point of view more and he didn't. I don't even get what moves her as a character, she felt more developed as a kid.
The book just goes through the motions for the most part and we get a death that I hard shrugged about.
The ending was not to be believed, and I honestly don't know if I feel like bothering myself with any other Renee and Harry books. The last one was a lot, but I at least gave that 3 stars, and you can read my review here: my review of Desert Star
And Connelly decided that he was going to take on a famous unsolved murder case in this one and solve it was just eye roll inducing.
Full review: Bummed I paid for this one and didn't just wait it out via the library. If you do want to follow up with Renee and Harry, you may want to wait on this.
"The Waiting" follows Renee Ballard and Harry Bosch. The last time we got Harry, he was in a Lincoln Lawyer book (go back and read that one). I felt a bit disenchanted with the last Renee/Harry book and lo and behold I still am. "The Waiting" starts off with a side quest plot that leads to a larger plot, but not one of "the big ones." Renee goes surfing, thieves hit her car and she loses her badge and gun. Instead of having any sense, Renee decides to tell no one, but is on the lookout on how to get it back. On top of that, she's still leading the cold case unit. She has some new people, and the terrible Colleen is still there. With a cold case that can lead back to a serial rapist and then murderer, Renee has a lot going on. But then Harry's daughter, Maddie wants to join the unit, and she thinks she has the key to solving one of LA's worst unsolved murder cases.
Yes, that was a lot and no, nothing really hangs together well. We get drips about Renee's life. She still is the world's worst dog owner. There's no real development there at all. Connelly tries to invite interest by giving us another insight into Renee's life and potential ties to the fires that recently occurred in Maui.
Harry is in this, just. He gets involved with one of the side quests and then just disappears. It didn't even make sense to me what was even going on, but it read like a Harry Bosch thing and not a Renee Ballard thing. I get that Connelly always likes to tie his settings into our "real world" but I called BS on that whole subplot due to the ridiculous amount of plot holes I won't get into so I don't spoil anyone.
Maddie is a blank slate. Why Connelly didn't either switch the POVs in this one with Renee and Harry is baffling, but you think he would have used this book to allow us into Maddie's point of view more and he didn't. I don't even get what moves her as a character, she felt more developed as a kid.
The book just goes through the motions for the most part and we get a death that I hard shrugged about.
The ending was not to be believed, and I honestly don't know if I feel like bothering myself with any other Renee and Harry books. The last one was a lot, but I at least gave that 3 stars, and you can read my review here: my review of Desert Star
adventurous
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced