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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
Gritty, nasty, compelling. Much, much better than the movie.
Once I got past the slow burn first half, this story took off. Any story of a missing child is dark but this one hits different.
This is the book that made Lehane my favorite author. My favorite part about this book is that I immersed myself in the atmosphere of the novel's setting. I would find myself reading the book on the T waiting to get off at Park St. in the common or on a park bench on the Charles River.
The story itself beckons the question "what was the morally responsible thing for Kenzie and Gennaro to do?" This is a novel where you have to form your own opinion on what was right and what was wrong and if you can even determine that.
This book was adapted to the screen in the mid 2000's. It was Ben Affleck's directorial debut and made Casey Affleck's performance of Patrick Kenzie one of my favorite characters of the big screen. I recommend both the book and the movie.
The story itself beckons the question "what was the morally responsible thing for Kenzie and Gennaro to do?" This is a novel where you have to form your own opinion on what was right and what was wrong and if you can even determine that.
This book was adapted to the screen in the mid 2000's. It was Ben Affleck's directorial debut and made Casey Affleck's performance of Patrick Kenzie one of my favorite characters of the big screen. I recommend both the book and the movie.
Was pretty good. Had a lot of good moral discussions arise from the plot. Would be a good book for a book club.
dark
mysterious
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
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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:
Complicated
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Ah here we are back at the beginning.
I started reading The Kenzie Genarro series after I saw Affleck's excellent adaptation of this novel, now I've finally reached it again, and it's every bit the masterpiece that it should be.
It's nice to see the series get back on track after Sacred. Not that Sacred wasn't good, on the contrary it was an immensely entertaining book. But it took Kenzie and Genarro a bit to far from their stomping grounds. Not that it wasn't fun to watch my two favorite Boston ass whoopers take out the trash, but crazy trillionaires and evil cults was a bit two well far fetched. Not that the adversaries in the first two books where what you'd call low key. But Sacred upped the Anti so much that I was half wondering whether or not Pat and Angie would end up taking on SPECTRE before the series was out.
The other problem with Sacred was it got away from what made the series so great. To put it simply they got away clean. Not that they didn't pay the price for their adventure in Florida, but the lines of good and evil were very clear. Gone Baby Gone plays hardball with a vengeance, and brings everything back to square one. Two relatively good people faced with impossible choices, and attempting to live with their decisions with whatever small amount of grace they can muster.
I started reading The Kenzie Genarro series after I saw Affleck's excellent adaptation of this novel, now I've finally reached it again, and it's every bit the masterpiece that it should be.
It's nice to see the series get back on track after Sacred. Not that Sacred wasn't good, on the contrary it was an immensely entertaining book. But it took Kenzie and Genarro a bit to far from their stomping grounds. Not that it wasn't fun to watch my two favorite Boston ass whoopers take out the trash, but crazy trillionaires and evil cults was a bit two well far fetched. Not that the adversaries in the first two books where what you'd call low key. But Sacred upped the Anti so much that I was half wondering whether or not Pat and Angie would end up taking on SPECTRE before the series was out.
The other problem with Sacred was it got away from what made the series so great. To put it simply they got away clean. Not that they didn't pay the price for their adventure in Florida, but the lines of good and evil were very clear. Gone Baby Gone plays hardball with a vengeance, and brings everything back to square one. Two relatively good people faced with impossible choices, and attempting to live with their decisions with whatever small amount of grace they can muster.
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
4.5 stars. ending wrapped up too fast. author spends too much time describing neighborhoods