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A review by jakewritesbooks
The Black Box by Michael Connelly
4.0
There's a longer piece I'd like to write some day about reading Michael Connelly's Bosch series in this era.
I like these stories for Connelly's writing prowess but there's always a question of how much they should be fronted. It is copaganda. Well-written copaganda. Entertaining copaganda. But copaganda. Bosch pisses on the 4th Amendment left and right, thumbs his nose at any direction from superiors, and generally treats a public servant's job like a license to bully people. Of course, he's frequently on the side of good: many of his targets are cops, ex-cops, corrupt public officials and REALLY BAD GUYS. But there's not much ambiguity filtering in. When Harry is on a case, he is right and when eh is wrong, it usually leads to an instance where he is eventually right.
This is a decent entry in the series and I will keep reading the series but I wish Bosch would have grown by this point. After all, I have. I'm guessing most readers have not.
I like these stories for Connelly's writing prowess but there's always a question of how much they should be fronted. It is copaganda. Well-written copaganda. Entertaining copaganda. But copaganda. Bosch pisses on the 4th Amendment left and right, thumbs his nose at any direction from superiors, and generally treats a public servant's job like a license to bully people. Of course, he's frequently on the side of good: many of his targets are cops, ex-cops, corrupt public officials and REALLY BAD GUYS. But there's not much ambiguity filtering in. When Harry is on a case, he is right and when eh is wrong, it usually leads to an instance where he is eventually right.
This is a decent entry in the series and I will keep reading the series but I wish Bosch would have grown by this point. After all, I have. I'm guessing most readers have not.