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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
It reads extremely slow for the first half of the book.
Another great and possibly, greatest entry into one of my favorite series.
And so we come to the end... I'm going to miss Kenzie and Gennaro I've been putting off this book for awhile, but well I had a train to ride and it was just staring at me.
Prayer's For Rain isn't their best outing but you can't say the crew doesn't go out with a bang.
Say this for Lehane he writes a good villain. He creates antagonists that you don't want to so much see beaten, as destroyed utterly. A good Lehane villain simply angrys up the blood in a real primal way.
So color me surprised that Lehane drops the ball just a little bit. The first two thirds of the novel are terrifying. Whether manipulating third parties into doing his dirty work, destroying the innocent for the fun of it, or leading poor Kenzie on a literal game of cat and mouse. The character is a formidable and terrifying oppenent, and that's before it's revealed he knows Kung Fu.
But then a strange thing happens in the home stretch when he suddenly turns into a total pussy once a bit of his mysteries taken away. Then his master plan is revealed and it's the definition of underwhelming (Imagine someone ransoming Los Angeles with an A-Bomb so he can get a free stick of chewing gum) Then there's the thunderingly obvious, utterly annoying "twist". It's frustrating because what you have is a five star book for most of it's page count, which completely fumbles in the home stretch.
Still the gang's all here which is always fun to see. And even if this is the last book about my favorite pair of Boston mugs, at least Lehane has left them in a pretty good place.
Prayer's For Rain isn't their best outing but you can't say the crew doesn't go out with a bang.
Say this for Lehane he writes a good villain. He creates antagonists that you don't want to so much see beaten, as destroyed utterly. A good Lehane villain simply angrys up the blood in a real primal way.
So color me surprised that Lehane drops the ball just a little bit. The first two thirds of the novel are terrifying. Whether manipulating third parties into doing his dirty work, destroying the innocent for the fun of it, or leading poor Kenzie on a literal game of cat and mouse. The character is a formidable and terrifying oppenent, and that's before it's revealed he knows Kung Fu.
But then a strange thing happens in the home stretch when he suddenly turns into a total pussy once a bit of his mysteries taken away. Then his master plan is revealed and it's the definition of underwhelming (Imagine someone ransoming Los Angeles with an A-Bomb so he can get a free stick of chewing gum) Then there's the thunderingly obvious, utterly annoying "twist". It's frustrating because what you have is a five star book for most of it's page count, which completely fumbles in the home stretch.
Still the gang's all here which is always fun to see. And even if this is the last book about my favorite pair of Boston mugs, at least Lehane has left them in a pretty good place.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Not the strongest entry in the series but not the worst. The central mystery is great; lots of twists and turns that kept me guessing to the very end. There was a bit too much reliance on hunches and even Kenzie's reason for investigating felt a bit thin. There were great character moments throughout that hit harder for having read the previous books.
Still a cut above other authors in terms of writing, pacing, and craft.
Still a cut above other authors in terms of writing, pacing, and craft.
Outstanding follow up to Gone Baby Gone. A high Point in the series.
This is so not my genre... BUT, I was really in the mood for something fast and suspenseful, and I know Lehane is a local guy, so I grabbed this. I liked that it took place in Boston, and a lot of local details are thrown in. It was fast, had snappy dialog, and was disturbing and creepy. Just what I wanted!
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Little did I know this was #4 (or 5?) in a series. Oh well, Lehane kept me in the loop enough that it didn't matter. I actually want to go back and start from the beginning, so that's saying something.
This was very "noir detective" and I enjoy this style of book immensely. It reminds me of McCullough's Delmonico series or Cornwell's Scarpetta, Patterson's Cross. The reader is give clues to follow and is (mostly) able to solve and figure out along with the detective in the story. I love when I make a connection before the writer says it. Personal thrill.
Kenzie and Angie are great characters, and worth reading the rest for, but Bubba was my favorite. He is exactly the kind of person I find in intriguing in life. Not to say I have ever knowingly met a baby-faced weapons expert, but seemingly, slow, but savant like people that are so much more than their surface indicates. Those are the people I mean.
I will be seeking out the rest of these and, this time, reading in order. I don;t think I've spoiled anything for myself by reading this first, I'll just chalk it up to personal foreshadowing.
This was very "noir detective" and I enjoy this style of book immensely. It reminds me of McCullough's Delmonico series or Cornwell's Scarpetta, Patterson's Cross. The reader is give clues to follow and is (mostly) able to solve and figure out along with the detective in the story. I love when I make a connection before the writer says it. Personal thrill.
Kenzie and Angie are great characters, and worth reading the rest for, but Bubba was my favorite. He is exactly the kind of person I find in intriguing in life. Not to say I have ever knowingly met a baby-faced weapons expert, but seemingly, slow, but savant like people that are so much more than their surface indicates. Those are the people I mean.
I will be seeking out the rest of these and, this time, reading in order. I don;t think I've spoiled anything for myself by reading this first, I'll just chalk it up to personal foreshadowing.