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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
Very very gore and a lot of characters which confused me in several occasions. But I enjoyed it in general and I'll go on with the saga.
Relectura: con tantos personajes ya había olvidado lo que ocurría y quién era el culpable. Recordaba algunos detalles y parte de la trama, pero me ha venido genial para recordarlo con detalle y poder proseguir pronto con el siguiente, que al final no pudo ser la primera vez que lo leí.
Relectura: con tantos personajes ya había olvidado lo que ocurría y quién era el culpable. Recordaba algunos detalles y parte de la trama, pero me ha venido genial para recordarlo con detalle y poder proseguir pronto con el siguiente, que al final no pudo ser la primera vez que lo leí.
This could have been like three books, but not all of them would have been good books.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
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:
No
Too long and convoluted for my taste. Connolly's leanings toward fantasy/horror make for even better type mystery for many so I can see why these are loved by many. The Charlie Parker series, that is. However, I go more for Ken Bruen's Jack Taylor who writes with poetic depth and yet proves the power and beauty of simplicity in a series that is as blood curdling as any.
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
In the introduction, Irish John Connolly stated one of his main influences was James Lee Burke. He wanted to emulate book, and he did so very well. The setting, the complexity, the long last of characters, the weight of the weather, writing style, protagonist personality and behavior, gore and violence and drug dealers and gang wars, death in the swamps...so many aspects were spot on.
All of that said, this is an extremely gore- and violence-filled novel and a half (or novel and novella) with nonapologetic racism included as local color. Had I read this first, I would never have finished it nor read another. However, having read The Dirty South, I can tell you that in that book, at least, all of the above is tempered and Connolly comes into his own.
I didn't know how to rate this one, actually, so I split the middle. High scale for style, plotting, pacing, and other technical matters. Low for grossness and brutality.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief
Moderate: Alcoholism
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In the introduction, Irish John Connolly stated one of his main influences was James Lee Burke. He wanted to emulate book, and he did so very well. The setting, the complexity, the long last of characters, the weight of the weather, writing style, protagonist personality and behavior, gore and violence and drug dealers and gang wars, death in the swamps...so many aspects were spot on.
All of that said, this is an extremely gore- and violence-filled novel and a half (or novel and novella) with nonapologetic racism included as local color. Had I read this first, I would never have finished it nor read another. However, having read The Dirty South, I can tell you that in that book, at least, all of the above is tempered and Connolly comes into his own.
I didn't know how to rate this one, actually, so I split the middle. High scale for style, plotting, pacing, and other technical matters. Low for grossness and brutality.
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
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:
Yes
Charlie Parker, where have you been all my life? And that is Charlie Parker the New York City police detective not Charlie Parker the jazz saxophonist, (who I also love.) I don’t know why I I have never heard of John Connolly‘s writing or his detective Charlie Parker, but I finally heard about it and I read this first book. There’s nothing like it that’s in print as far as I’m concerned. The writing is tremendous, the characters are fully formed, the bad guys are super bad and all the other people are real people and believable. The book is violent for sure, but the violence doesn’t seem overdone—at least not to me, because it is so well written. Charlie Parker is a retired New York City police detective who quit the force after his wife and daughter were killed in a very dramatic fashion. Since he’s been off the force, he’s been trying to track down his wife and daughter’s killer. as he tracks a sadistic killer, he actually stumbles upon the solution to another serial killer who has operated in the New York area for a number of years. At much risk to himself, he does finally uncover who that killer was who had been abducting and killig young children in New York State. His search for his family’s killer takes him down to New Orleans and into the heart of the steamy, swampy Bayou. But there he finds something so completely different that depraved doesn’t even fully describe it. Charlie feels like he's walking around in circles and he’s not sure where to look next and while gathering information, he becomes involved in a violent gang war. Putting himself and his friends at risk through this whole search doesn’t make him stop though. Parker’s crew consists of only two but two is more than enough because Louis and Angel are the best at what they do. Both Louis and Angel are black, gay, ex-cons. Louis is a trained assassin and Angel is a break and enter artist. Following these boys on their bloody hunt was a lot of fun and it kept me turning pages. I couldn’t put this book down and I’m already looking forward to reading the second book in the series. This series has gone up to the top of my favourites list as of right now.
dark
emotional
informative
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:
Complicated
First in the series, so I will give book two a chance before writing this author off.
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Way more than your average serial killer crime novel. I can see why it gets Thomas Harris comparisons. Definitely that vibe.
Got lost sometimes with so many names but for once this was actually a brutal gruesome serial killer as advertised!
Look forward to reading more in this series
Got lost sometimes with so many names but for once this was actually a brutal gruesome serial killer as advertised!
Look forward to reading more in this series