sjbozich 's review for:

Prayers for Rain by Dennis Lehane

3.0

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Listened to the 3 CD abridged version of this 500 page+ novel. Maybe a lot lost in the abridging, but the over the top tough and violence is more amusing than real. I am sure it is fun and easy for him to write, but does not hold the same excellent socio-economic insights that Lehane's other books, such as Mystic River, hold. But, they may have been cut out in this abridged version. Nice twists and turns, not always believable. Enjoyable, and picked up a copy of the first Lehane/Kenzie/Gennaro novel half way through listening to this - so it did grab me. A lot of the violence is described after the fact, and there is a brightness and intelligence to this I don't find on in other Once-A-Year Best Seller Authors, so I'd say give it a go......