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kjelu1022's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
jacks623's review against another edition
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
tatterededges's review against another edition
2.0
Run of the mill police procedural where a homeless female cop whose career is ruined because a male superior decided he didn’t like that she rejected and reported his advances breaks every rule in the book investigating cases that aren’t hers, almost gets herself and a witness killed but comes out smelling like roses because she takes down the bad guy despite the fact that none of the evidence she has would actually stand up in court. But, yay team I guess.
hollsbooks's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.0
rbixby's review against another edition
4.0
I had a really nice review all written here but then this site shit the bed and I lost it. I'm not going to try to recreate that review now. It's too late. Suffice it to say, this book is good.
Read it.
Read it.
freyjaeve's review against another edition
5.0
I really enjoyed this read.
Often I find women can be written less well by men but this wasn’t the case here - Renee really had her own personality.
I enjoyed the twists and turns and from about halfway through I couldn’t put it down!
Often I find women can be written less well by men but this wasn’t the case here - Renee really had her own personality.
I enjoyed the twists and turns and from about halfway through I couldn’t put it down!
davidb71's review against another edition
4.5
I enjoyed this, as I've enjoyed every Michael Connelly book I've read - although I think this is at the upper end of the relatively few books of his that I've thus far read. It's a police procedural, very crisp, taut, no nonsense. There's a very capable, spirited and smart protagonist - Renée Ballard. She works the night shift and the book centres around two serious crimes - an assault victim left for dead, and a mass shooting at a nightclub. These cases, and others, form the basis of a gripping, labyrinthine plot that features some clever investigative work, internal department politics, betrayals, corruption, and a genuine sense of jeopardy. Even though there are multiple characters, and multiple cases, I always knew where I was in the novel - I knew who was who, what was what - I found it easy to follow, and with so much going on that's no mean feat - it's a testament to how cleanly written and well-plotted, well-structured the novel is. It's very good, and very skillfully done.
sbeaumont's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5