Reviews

Bad Blood by S.J. Rozan

katel1970's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No

3.75

nocto's review

the latest in the lydia chin and bill smith series is out in paperback; one of those books i just couldn't wait to get my grubby little mitts on.

rozan's come up trumps again with another great book, the third narrated by bill. i'm glad i wasn't disappointed. not only does she write very finely, drawing you into both the scenery and the characters, but her plots stand up to analysis and all coincidence is accounted for. this book leaves the new york city setting of the previous five books and moves to bill smith's cabin in upstate new york where they've never seen anything quite like lydia. i was worried i'd miss manhattan and chinatown, but of course i didn't, and now i can barely wait to get into reading the next in the series, the hong kong set and lydia narrated reflecting the sky

samirakatherine's review against another edition

3.0

I like the books written in Lydia's voice better than those written in Bill's. Bill comes off as a bit more hard boiled than I like. I think the voice is well executed, it's just not my preference.

bob_muller's review against another edition

5.0

Another great entry in the Bill Smith side of the series. The last half of the book I found pretty gripping, very well paced and suspenseful. I must say I agree with other reviewers about Bill Smith's self-destructive instincts, but at least he doesn't brood about them on-screen, so to speak. We're left with a gap in the story while he's unconscious (not really a spoiler if you know Bill Smith at all), but somehow it gets filled in as necessary. I haven't decided whether it's refreshing or not to have a couple of PIs who aren't really all that competent, but I enjoy reading about them anyway.