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4.09 AVERAGE
4.09 AVERAGE
I've determined that pretty much every mystery/suspense/thriller/whatever book I read is going to land at three stars. It takes a lot for these books to break through into the four star range, and I don't think any of them are ever five star caliber.
Lehane, Coben, Grisham, most King, Connelly, etc. They're all fine authors, but all of them have a limit to how great they can be, and they all settle for a decent story that is enthralling at times but ultimately forgettable.
This story was just what I expected. I enjoyed it, but it didn't stick with me or impact me at all beyond just providing a mildly entertaining story.
It may be time to leave this genre alone for a minute.
Lehane, Coben, Grisham, most King, Connelly, etc. They're all fine authors, but all of them have a limit to how great they can be, and they all settle for a decent story that is enthralling at times but ultimately forgettable.
This story was just what I expected. I enjoyed it, but it didn't stick with me or impact me at all beyond just providing a mildly entertaining story.
It may be time to leave this genre alone for a minute.
Probably the most profoundly affecting of the Kenzie/Gennaro books yet. The book ends up asking difficult moral questions of the reader, while also rocking the characters' world at the end. Excellent.
A good mystery. Complex twists and turns but easy to follow.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Nobody in this book talks like a human being. I was also rooting for the kidnappings. Helen you suck so bad.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Kidnapping
Moderate: Racism, Rape, Sexism, Violence
Minor: Cursing, Racial slurs
Each day in this country, twenty-three hundred children are reported missing.
Kenzie and Angie don't really want to take this case. A missing four year old girl that was taken from her home, while her drugged out mom is supposedly next door at her friend's house watching tv. The mom did not even lock the door. She was in such a hurry that she just left it open. With her child inside.
I didn't want to find Amanda McCready. I wanted someone else to.
But maybe because I'd become as caught up in this case over the last few days as the rest of the city, or maybe because it had happened here in my neighborhood, or maybe just because "four-year-old" and "missing" aren't words that should go together in the same sentence.
They do end up taking the case and team up with a couple of cops that are on the case. Their old classmate Cheese may factor into the child's disappearance. A drug deal gone bad where money is taken and the child suffers the consequences?
Or is there more to the story? So many twists and turns in this book. Then just when I thought I had somewhat figured it out I got slammed against the wall.
This book makes you question right and wrongs in the world. Should things be so black and white? I don't know the answers to these questions and Dennis Lehane I sorta hate you for putting all this in my head.
I just don't have any more words for this book. I was just going to throw up five stars and walk away. Just read this series. Hug your kids.
Facades, no matter how well built, usually come down.
Kenzie and Angie don't really want to take this case. A missing four year old girl that was taken from her home, while her drugged out mom is supposedly next door at her friend's house watching tv. The mom did not even lock the door. She was in such a hurry that she just left it open. With her child inside.
I didn't want to find Amanda McCready. I wanted someone else to.
But maybe because I'd become as caught up in this case over the last few days as the rest of the city, or maybe because it had happened here in my neighborhood, or maybe just because "four-year-old" and "missing" aren't words that should go together in the same sentence.
They do end up taking the case and team up with a couple of cops that are on the case. Their old classmate Cheese may factor into the child's disappearance. A drug deal gone bad where money is taken and the child suffers the consequences?
Or is there more to the story? So many twists and turns in this book. Then just when I thought I had somewhat figured it out I got slammed against the wall.
This book makes you question right and wrongs in the world. Should things be so black and white? I don't know the answers to these questions and Dennis Lehane I sorta hate you for putting all this in my head.
I just don't have any more words for this book. I was just going to throw up five stars and walk away. Just read this series. Hug your kids.
Facades, no matter how well built, usually come down.
This book pretty much destroyed me. I've worked with a lot of neglected kids over the years so it really hit home. Lehane is definitely one of those writers who some people peg as not being particularly good because of the genre he writes in but when he's on, he is ON. Vivid characters and settings. I like all the books in this series, but this was easily my favorite. For the record, the movie based on this books is also really good.
This book made me want to go and hug my daughter and never ever let her out of my site. A work of fiction with so many truths throughout. People are horrible and that gets proven daily and this book spot lights what even people with good intentions do that makes them horrible. A sad, scary, story. Lehane proves again his skill.
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
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:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really, really liked this and wanted to like it even more. The story is riveting - a kidnapped child, local pedophiles just out of sight but somewhere in the neighborhood, the tension of trying to be sympathetic to a zoned-out sleazy drunk who’s just lost her daughter. The two cops who work with Patrick and Angie are likable professionals, doing their best while exposed to killers and perverts who do horrible things to children.
This is the fourth in the series so I was unclear about relationships that were based on incidents in the past, especially Patrick’s friendship with Bubba, a truly dangerous man. I am now going to start at the beginning of the series to see if I can then get more out of this book.
My major complaint is a complete personality change in one of the characters. It seemed to happen within the course of a few pages, and, given the confines of the story, it didn’t seem at all realistic.
Lehane’s writing is gripping, compelling, and vivid. This is the kind of book where you keep saying, “Okay, just one more chapter and then I’ll go to bed….”
This is the fourth in the series so I was unclear about relationships that were based on incidents in the past, especially Patrick’s friendship with Bubba, a truly dangerous man. I am now going to start at the beginning of the series to see if I can then get more out of this book.
My major complaint is a complete personality change in one of the characters. It seemed to happen within the course of a few pages, and, given the confines of the story, it didn’t seem at all realistic.
Lehane’s writing is gripping, compelling, and vivid. This is the kind of book where you keep saying, “Okay, just one more chapter and then I’ll go to bed….”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail