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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
I think I would have liked this a lot more if I hadn't seen the movie first and didn't know how the story would end. The movie casting was not great, especially for Angie. But I still liked it, obviously, since it took me 2 days to read it.
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
It was a fun book to read, and I enjoyed the overall story, but I found the middle section of the book to drag on. I did not see the end coming, but I sometimes found it hard to keep track of what was happening. In the end, I though there was a fun twist and I enjoyed the story.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Taking a staycation for 8 days in the Fall has its advantages. 1 of them being... I can hole up in my apartment with my dogs and creepy, depressing, amazing books like this one, and not feel any remorse.
I also picked this book up for 27 cents at a thrift store near my work. 27 cents. You can't beat that. The Kindle version is like $9.99, and now that I own it, I can stare at it for the rest of my life on a bookshelf and remember all of the feelings it made me feel.
I've never read a book by Dennis Lehane before. I don't like going into series not having read all of them. But this was an emergency. No Kindle and my selection of books is dwindling already three days into my vacation. I felt lost a couple times, but there were usually enough details to give me the jist.
This book will make you question your own morals and beliefs, and will kind of tear them apart. I KNOW what I wanted to happen at the end of this book, and in any situation similar... but is it right? Probably not.
There were so many twists and turns that I kind of got lost and had to reread a few pages here and there, but for the most part all of the twists made sense in this dark world of Boston. I don't know if I will read another Kenzie and Gennaro book, especially the ones written previously because Gone Baby Gone does spoil all of them I'm sure. However, I will look into reading more of Dennis Lehane.
... After I read a few fluff books to offset the violence and sadness I just ingested.
I also picked this book up for 27 cents at a thrift store near my work. 27 cents. You can't beat that. The Kindle version is like $9.99, and now that I own it, I can stare at it for the rest of my life on a bookshelf and remember all of the feelings it made me feel.
I've never read a book by Dennis Lehane before. I don't like going into series not having read all of them. But this was an emergency. No Kindle and my selection of books is dwindling already three days into my vacation. I felt lost a couple times, but there were usually enough details to give me the jist.
This book will make you question your own morals and beliefs, and will kind of tear them apart. I KNOW what I wanted to happen at the end of this book, and in any situation similar... but is it right? Probably not.
There were so many twists and turns that I kind of got lost and had to reread a few pages here and there, but for the most part all of the twists made sense in this dark world of Boston. I don't know if I will read another Kenzie and Gennaro book, especially the ones written previously because Gone Baby Gone does spoil all of them I'm sure. However, I will look into reading more of Dennis Lehane.
... After I read a few fluff books to offset the violence and sadness I just ingested.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Dark, menacing, tense, thrilling, depressing, sadly realistic, and completely absorbing. The best of the series so far. Lehane is one of the best crime writers I've read. In the previous books there was a little too much wisecracking and glib, sarcastic dialogue. There's no room for that here in this unsettling tale, and Lehane wisely keeps it straight. Some readers seem to be disappointed with the ending, but to me it ended exactly right. Really powerful stuff.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Dear lord, Dennis Lehane knows how to deliver a gut punch. I like to jump from audiobook to audiobook but ever now and then, I need a day to recover from a story. This was one of those.
Typically I like to at least start the series with the first book before reading out of order if order doesn't matter, but I wanted a Dennis Lehane book now and this one was available. Others were available too (but not the first one). I picked this one because I knew there was a movie. I consider reading a Dennis Lehane book part of my moving to Boston homework. I assume at sometime living in Boston (at book festival or library or bookstore event) I will hear him speak about his writing. I should read one of his books.
But the silence of a missing child is not something you want to get used to; you refuse to accept it, and so it screams at you.
The silence of the dead says, Goodbye.
The silence of the missing says, Find me. 26
Frances gave us a tired smile." I mean, it was constant. Every mother I know talks about how exasperating a four-year-old can be. They're four, right? The world surprises them every ten seconds." -- oops.. forgot to mark the page number
And then there was the parking situation. A parking space in Boston is about as common as a ski slope in the Sahara. Little old ladies in mink stoles have fought gun battles over a constested spot. In the mid-eighties some moron actually paide a quarter million dollars for a deeded parking slip in a Beacon Hill garage, and that didn't include monthly maintenance fees.
Boston: We're small, we're cold, but we'll kill for a good parking space. Come on up. Bring the family. -- pg. 136
But the silence of a missing child is not something you want to get used to; you refuse to accept it, and so it screams at you.
The silence of the dead says, Goodbye.
The silence of the missing says, Find me. 26
Frances gave us a tired smile." I mean, it was constant. Every mother I know talks about how exasperating a four-year-old can be. They're four, right? The world surprises them every ten seconds." -- oops.. forgot to mark the page number
And then there was the parking situation. A parking space in Boston is about as common as a ski slope in the Sahara. Little old ladies in mink stoles have fought gun battles over a constested spot. In the mid-eighties some moron actually paide a quarter million dollars for a deeded parking slip in a Beacon Hill garage, and that didn't include monthly maintenance fees.
Boston: We're small, we're cold, but we'll kill for a good parking space. Come on up. Bring the family. -- pg. 136
I think no one may love children more than Dennis Lehane. I also don't think I could ever read this book again as long as I live. It was a great book--great characters, seriously disturbing moral dilemmas that will probably keep me up for nights to come. This book was awesome, but seriously a bitch to read.