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kevlof04's review against another edition
3.0
En välskriven och väl uttänkt kriminalroman vars betyg tyvärr dras ner därför att den cirkulerade kring ett tämligen oengagerande fall. Det tog, enligt mig, alldeles för lång tid innan det väcktes empati hos mig som läsare, för offret i fråga. Boken gör sitt jobb bra, men Connelly har definitivt skrivit bättre.
roseleaf24's review against another edition
4.0
This one started out slow for me, with a scene from the King riots in 1992, and then a chapter or two before the action really took off. Once it did, it was as exciting as a Bosch novel usually is, with the added character depth as he navigates fatherhood and a romantic relationship.
greaydean's review against another edition
4.0
Michael Connelly delivers again. Mostly.
I thought it was an excellent story well executed.
Unfortunately for me, I felt it twisted on an unbelievable axis at one point in the story.
I can still recommend it and I will wait patiently for his next release.
I thought it was an excellent story well executed.
Unfortunately for me, I felt it twisted on an unbelievable axis at one point in the story.
I can still recommend it and I will wait patiently for his next release.
lynnbettencourt's review against another edition
5.0
Had the pleasure of discussing this book with the author himself. I loved a look back at a cold case file, and reading as Harry struggles with aging, personal growth, and trying to solve an old case that has always stuck with him.
Bosch is a character you can get behind and over the course of the last 20 years, you grow with him. Great series!
Bosch is a character you can get behind and over the course of the last 20 years, you grow with him. Great series!
kmheselton's review against another edition
4.0
I finished this book in six hours, and that was with looking up all the places that Harry Bosch visited and even computing the cost of his meal at Craig's on Melrose (Yes, I'm that anal). The story was a really good one, and the build up was incredible. Every one of Mr. Connelly's books has been gold in my opinion. The only thing that I will say is that the build-up was let out as quickly as a popped balloon. It felt a little bit one note, and disappointing.
Overall, I enjoyed the book. I think it's obvious by my short reading time. I'd recommend it, I just wish the final pages were as good as the beginning.
Overall, I enjoyed the book. I think it's obvious by my short reading time. I'd recommend it, I just wish the final pages were as good as the beginning.
mikeyb111's review against another edition
5.0
Kind of slow start. But ended up being a good book. Crazy and fast ending. Lots of talk of Manteca, Stockton, and Modesto LOL. Crazy ending in Modesto.
carolina_05x's review against another edition
4.0
Found myself a bit lost in the middle of the book but the ending not only cleared up everything it needed but also kept me at the edge of my seat.
laila4343's review against another edition
3.0
Connelly is my mind-candy. And I will always like Detective Bosch, eternally fighting the good fight for those cold-case victims.
marsnielson's review against another edition
3.0
It's not the worst book from Connelly but it's certainly not the best.
As a native Dane the Danish aspects of the book really bothered me.
First of, the name of the victim Anneke is an extremely unusual name. Of a population of about 6 million people only about 50 living people in total are named that.
Secondly, Connelly keeps refering to the Danish newspaper Berlingske Tidende as BT, but BT is an entirely separate newspaper in Denmark.
That is just bad research on Connelly's part. Both things could have been fact checked in 5 minutes on Google.
As a native Dane the Danish aspects of the book really bothered me.
First of, the name of the victim Anneke is an extremely unusual name. Of a population of about 6 million people only about 50 living people in total are named that.
Secondly, Connelly keeps refering to the Danish newspaper Berlingske Tidende as BT, but BT is an entirely separate newspaper in Denmark.
That is just bad research on Connelly's part. Both things could have been fact checked in 5 minutes on Google.