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A review by prodigalstudent
The Reversal by Michael Connelly
3.0
I was a bit confused about how to rate this since it was definitely well-written and entertaining to read. Legal-mysteries are quickly becoming one of my favorite genres and this followed the same footsteps as the last two Mickey Haller books. However, this book wasn't as successful for me as the other two for the following reasons:
1) The interplay between the legal drama and the mystery was jarring. I prefer having one POV character, but we kept shifting between Bosch and Haller and that took me out of the story.
2) The mystery just was not compelling. I can understand the ending with, but the mystery itself was not interesting to follow. , and pages that would have been better dedicated to the legal drama. Speaking of which, the legal drama had the novelty of Haller being the prosecutor but that novelty got quickly old because Connelly just did not spend enough time with Haller's character to flesh this out.
3) I liked having a smart female lawyer protagonist, but I still think Connelly needs to do a better job with his female characters - they just do not seem real. They're always too perfect, and always right, and normally that would annoy me - but since this is a legal mystery genre, I can ignore it. However, it is an issue which was highlighted to me given that Maggie was one of the main protagonists of the novel.
In conclusion, I am probably being too hard on this book. It is because I'm a fan of Connelly's work, and know he can and has done better. I would still recommend it to friends who are interested in legal-mysteries, but it would not be a strong recommendation from my side.
1) The interplay between the legal drama and the mystery was jarring. I prefer having one POV character, but we kept shifting between Bosch and Haller and that took me out of the story.
2) The mystery just was not compelling. I can understand the ending with
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It was a whole bunch of setup with no payoff3) I liked having a smart female lawyer protagonist, but I still think Connelly needs to do a better job with his female characters - they just do not seem real. They're always too perfect, and always right, and normally that would annoy me - but since this is a legal mystery genre, I can ignore it. However, it is an issue which was highlighted to me given that Maggie was one of the main protagonists of the novel.
In conclusion, I am probably being too hard on this book. It is because I'm a fan of Connelly's work, and know he can and has done better. I would still recommend it to friends who are interested in legal-mysteries, but it would not be a strong recommendation from my side.