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I'm a sucker for these Kenzie/Gennaro mysteries.
More cartoonish than the last but I'll never tire of their banter.
Powieść, jak zwykle świetnie napisana, aczkolwiek pod względem stopnia skomplikowania intrygi, zdecydowanie słabsza od tego, do czego przyzwyczaił mnie Lehane. Jej braki dają o sobie znać w końcówce, kiedy ma się wrażenie, że autor na siłę stara się zaskoczyć czytelnika, mimo, iż wcześniej wyłożył już większość kart na stół. Coraz bardziej irytującym staje się dla mnie fakt, że pisarz zaczyna korzystać z tych samych trików - najsłabszym z nich jest dla mnie (mimo uwielbienia dla samej postaci) wprowadzanie do akcji osiłka, Bubby Rogowskiego, który jest w patowych sytuacjach typowym "gdzie diabeł nie może" game-changerem.
Mimo powyższych mankamentów, mamy tu do czynienia z przyzwoitym kawałkiem - że tak to nazwę - współczesnego kryminału noire, z solidnie nakreślonymi realiami, wielowymiarowymi postaciami i znakomitymi dialogami. Lehane pisze na tyle "filmowo", że od książki nie sposób oderwać się i czytać kawałek po kawałku. "Modlitwy o deszcz" czyta się po prostu jednym tchem.
Polecam, pomimo odrobiny wtórności w stosunku do poprzednich odsłon cyklu.
Mimo powyższych mankamentów, mamy tu do czynienia z przyzwoitym kawałkiem - że tak to nazwę - współczesnego kryminału noire, z solidnie nakreślonymi realiami, wielowymiarowymi postaciami i znakomitymi dialogami. Lehane pisze na tyle "filmowo", że od książki nie sposób oderwać się i czytać kawałek po kawałku. "Modlitwy o deszcz" czyta się po prostu jednym tchem.
Polecam, pomimo odrobiny wtórności w stosunku do poprzednich odsłon cyklu.
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Excellent story, well told. The mystery had me spinning in the wind and when I had a glimmer of who I thought the bad guy was....nope, guess again. What a great, truly nasty bad guy! From devious psychological warfare to actual shoot-em-up warfare, this book runs the gamut.
It's been a long time since I read a Kenzie detective story, and I fell back into this one and the characters without missing a beat. I really liked that Lehane made Bubba a more complete character, and the repartee between Kenzie & Gennaro was fun, as usual. I think it's hard to write sarcastic, biting humor, and their dialog is always entertaining.
Highly recommended to Lehane fans and to readers who like an action packed, twisty mystery. A perfect quick summer read.
It's been a long time since I read a Kenzie detective story, and I fell back into this one and the characters without missing a beat. I really liked that Lehane made Bubba a more complete character, and the repartee between Kenzie & Gennaro was fun, as usual. I think it's hard to write sarcastic, biting humor, and their dialog is always entertaining.
Highly recommended to Lehane fans and to readers who like an action packed, twisty mystery. A perfect quick summer read.
Prayers for Rain felt much closer in tone to Sacred, which makes me wonder if there was some jiggery pokery with the completion or publication dates of Sacred and Gone Baby Gone, because everything I really liked about Sacred is here again: the humor and banter, the more concrete Angie and less of Patrick's existential angst about the world.
One of the things I really appreciate about these books is the lack of the "power-up"; that is, neither Patrick or Angie have more power--resources, allies, abilities--than they ever did to fight off their latest antagonist. Their strengths are the same as they've always been and they're scrambling and reeling to recover from changes as much as anyone would be in their position. Though I think Lehane sometimes is neglectful to show Patrick's physical damages affecting his abilities in any way, there's never any question about the emotional damage their life has inflicted as time has gone on and the world has changed and moved around them. It's not a static environment.
And then, too, Prayers for Rain, in particular, revolves around one of my favorite aspects of the K&G series: while Lehane is hardly the first to write about blue-collar, working class heroes, he avoids the trap that so many other authors fall into, trying to make--and keep--them morally pristine (for the readers who follow their adventures). I feel like I've read a lot (too many) other books where the heroes do too much hand wringing and pearl clutching over the idea of violence (let alone murder) while the author often bends the circumstances into knots to keep their darlings from having to inflict or commit said violence (or murder). That's not to imply that Patrick or Angie are Dexter-esque indiscriminate killers, but there's a steady-eyed staidness written into both of them when it comes to violence and its application to their current problems that feels both truthful to their background/characters and refreshing in it's simple pragmatism. And, in the end, it's that lack of civility--the willingness to circumvent, ignore or otherwise not acknowledge civilized "rules" that lets them win. Enjoyably so.
One of the things I really appreciate about these books is the lack of the "power-up"; that is, neither Patrick or Angie have more power--resources, allies, abilities--than they ever did to fight off their latest antagonist. Their strengths are the same as they've always been and they're scrambling and reeling to recover from changes as much as anyone would be in their position. Though I think Lehane sometimes is neglectful to show Patrick's physical damages affecting his abilities in any way, there's never any question about the emotional damage their life has inflicted as time has gone on and the world has changed and moved around them. It's not a static environment.
And then, too, Prayers for Rain, in particular, revolves around one of my favorite aspects of the K&G series: while Lehane is hardly the first to write about blue-collar, working class heroes, he avoids the trap that so many other authors fall into, trying to make--and keep--them morally pristine (for the readers who follow their adventures). I feel like I've read a lot (too many) other books where the heroes do too much hand wringing and pearl clutching over the idea of violence (let alone murder) while the author often bends the circumstances into knots to keep their darlings from having to inflict or commit said violence (or murder). That's not to imply that Patrick or Angie are Dexter-esque indiscriminate killers, but there's a steady-eyed staidness written into both of them when it comes to violence and its application to their current problems that feels both truthful to their background/characters and refreshing in it's simple pragmatism. And, in the end, it's that lack of civility--the willingness to circumvent, ignore or otherwise not acknowledge civilized "rules" that lets them win. Enjoyably so.