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careydnelson's review against another edition
5.0
I thought we were in for a rehashing of the first book, but then we went to Mexico!
romysvx's review against another edition
4.0
Nie znoszę czytać o gangach i przemycie narkotyków. Doszczętnie wynudza mnie temat walk byków. Od książek z fabułą osadzoną w Meksyku trzymam się jak najdalej, unikam jak ognia. Biorąc te wszystkie kryteria pod uwagę “Czarnego Lodu” nawet patykiem nie powinnam tykać. Jednak w przypadku powieści Connolly’ego idealnie sprawdza się zasada wyjątku od reguły. Po twórczość, według mnie obecnie najlepszego amerykańskiego pisarza kryminałów - mogę śmiało sięgać w ciemno. To autor, który poniżej pewnego - bardzo wysokiego - poziomu nie schodzi. “Czarny Lód” to - znów - Connolly w najlepszym wydaniu. Kryminał bardzo amerykański, przesiąknięty klimatem brudnego, niebezpiecznego Los Angeles, w którym więcej od narkomanów, gangsterów i bezdomnych mieszka chyba tylko szczurów. Ekscytująca i niesamowicie wciągająca historia, pełna zaskakujących zwrotów akcji i mylnych tropów, błyskotliwe i dowcipne dialogi i cała paleta różnorodnych wyrazistych postaci. Już pierwsza książka z serii o Harrym Boschu - “Czarne echo” wywarła na mnie ogromne wrażenie. To był kawał solidnie napisanego inteligentnego kryminału. Tym bardziej imponujące biorąc pod uwagę, że to debiut. “Czarny Lód” nie tylko podtrzymuje dobrą passę poprzednika, a nawet wypada jeszcze lepiej! Wyraźnie można zaobserwować, że od debiutu Connolly jeszcze bardziej udoskonalił i doszlifował swój warsztat pisarski i dzięki temu “Lód” czyta się znacznie płynniej od momentami niestety niestroniącego od dłużyzn i przestojów debiutu. Czytelników mających już za sobą jedno bądź więcej spotkań z Harrym Boschem do sięgnięcia po resztę książek z tej serii zachęcać na pewno nie muszę, a co do reszty - jak najbardziej czytajcie, jednocześnie przygotujcie się na kilka godzin wyrwanych z życia. I ewentualną opcję zaprzyjaźnienia się z Harrym Boschem na dłużej. A właściwie - nie ewentualną, bo nie ma szans, żebyście poprzestali tylko na jednym tomie - na bank będziecie chcieli więcej!
affyfe's review against another edition
3.0
I got this book at the amazing free book exchange (oh how I miss you!). I listened to his book The Scarecrow about a year ago and enjoyed it for a thriller type of book. So Connelly was an author I was keeping my eye out for when I want a good thriller. This book is about a police officer who is found dead and it is assumed to be a suicide. However one of the other members of the police force is having a hard time believing that. He takes on some of the cases that were left from his fallen co worker and starts uncovering things to help his suspicion that it wasn't a suicide. The story takes places in LA as well as just over the border in Mexico as he is trying to find all the answers.
I don't think I enjoyed this book as much as the last one I read by him. The first half I kept wondering where things were going and the book seemed to move slowly. The last half all the way to the end got pretty interesting, but there were still some down moments where I felt like the story slowed or even came to a stop. You also aren't sure for most of the book who is a good guy and who is a bad guy which is nice for some mystery but I felt like there was a little too much of that and after a while it just got annoying. Before I recommend this book I would first recommend reading The Scarecrow (or possibly one of his other books). And if you have read that, and liked it, I would say you might like this one, too. I'm also not sure if because I listened to The Scarecrow I liked it more, so maybe try out this book on audio if you can find it. If this were the first book I read by him I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, but since I know he can do better I say give one of his other books a chance first.
I don't think I enjoyed this book as much as the last one I read by him. The first half I kept wondering where things were going and the book seemed to move slowly. The last half all the way to the end got pretty interesting, but there were still some down moments where I felt like the story slowed or even came to a stop. You also aren't sure for most of the book who is a good guy and who is a bad guy which is nice for some mystery but I felt like there was a little too much of that and after a while it just got annoying. Before I recommend this book I would first recommend reading The Scarecrow (or possibly one of his other books). And if you have read that, and liked it, I would say you might like this one, too. I'm also not sure if because I listened to The Scarecrow I liked it more, so maybe try out this book on audio if you can find it. If this were the first book I read by him I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, but since I know he can do better I say give one of his other books a chance first.
ebokhyllami's review against another edition
5.0
Nå spiser jeg Bosch-serien på høykant her! Bok 2 like god som ener'n. Sånn er det bare!
caitlinhouseago's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Really liked the book but I preferred the first book in the series slightly (black echo)
kenlaan's review against another edition
3.0
Completely adequate for what I wanted - a decent crime novel. I think the latter third stretched the limits of my suspension of disbelief, but I enjoyed it for what it was.
I think I shall take a break from this series for a bit, but I'll probably return.
I think I shall take a break from this series for a bit, but I'll probably return.
hidusty's review against another edition
4.0
I liked The Black Echo by Michael Connelly. But I really liked The Black Ice.
You can tell that Mr. Connelly had a little more publisher intervention or had a change of heart regarding his previous chapter break scheme. The Black Echo broke the book into something like 6 chapters through the whole book, each break representing a day. It made it easy to keep track of time passing, but that's murder when you want to read from chapter break to chapter break.
This book though is presented wonderfully. Where The Black Echo suffered through slow parts, The Black Ice is all movement. It doesn't feel like any chapters are wasted or unnecessary. It's just great detective fiction. Great action. Great suspense. And a great twist at the end that I didn't see coming.
I will definitely be picking up The Concrete Blonde. Hopefully next month if it gets a price drop like The Black Ice did.
You can tell that Mr. Connelly had a little more publisher intervention or had a change of heart regarding his previous chapter break scheme. The Black Echo broke the book into something like 6 chapters through the whole book, each break representing a day. It made it easy to keep track of time passing, but that's murder when you want to read from chapter break to chapter break.
This book though is presented wonderfully. Where The Black Echo suffered through slow parts, The Black Ice is all movement. It doesn't feel like any chapters are wasted or unnecessary. It's just great detective fiction. Great action. Great suspense. And a great twist at the end that I didn't see coming.
I will definitely be picking up The Concrete Blonde. Hopefully next month if it gets a price drop like The Black Ice did.
rocketiza's review against another edition
2.0
It seems less like Bosch is a good cop and more just a magnet for convenient coincidences. And a good bull fighter.
kmatthe2's review against another edition
3.0
Didn't know that this Harry Bosch novel was part of a series. I thought it was a stand alone novel and it could function that way. While Connelly isn't as sophisticated a crime fiction writer as some of the European authors, I really appreciated how this novel digs into the "mystery" that is the border area of Calexico/Mexicali. The use of setting and the central mystery—-who called Calexico Moore——nicely dramatize the ebbs and flows and convulsions of the U.S./Mexico border. It deals with the complicated geographical, economic, cultural, and political tensions there via this murder/drug mystery. Again, at times Harry Bosch reads like a poor man's Philip Marlow, but then at other times the subject helps to compensate for any faults of form.
ericbuscemi's review against another edition
5.0
I've read most of the later Harry Bosch books -- [b:The Narrows|409918|The Narrows (Harry Bosch, #10)|Michael Connelly|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174508093s/409918.jpg|2661517] through [b:The Drop|11082037|The Drop (Harry Bosch, #15)|Michael Connelly|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1327935031s/11082037.jpg|15547563] -- and while they are still entertaining and worth reading, they are just not as good as the books at the beginning of the series. Maybe detective anti-heroes are better when they aren't burdened with too much history or family, or maybe Michael Connelly just used up his most brilliant stories early on. Either way, I am looking forward to reading the next book in the series, [b:The Concrete Blonde|49350|The Concrete Blonde (Harry Bosch, #3)|Michael Connelly|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170358600s/49350.jpg|449511], and seeing how far the brilliance goes before the inevitable tail-off.