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A review by kandicez
Prayers for Rain by Dennis Lehane
3.0
Little did I know this was #4 (or 5?) in a series. Oh well, Lehane kept me in the loop enough that it didn't matter. I actually want to go back and start from the beginning, so that's saying something.
This was very "noir detective" and I enjoy this style of book immensely. It reminds me of McCullough's Delmonico series or Cornwell's Scarpetta, Patterson's Cross. The reader is give clues to follow and is (mostly) able to solve and figure out along with the detective in the story. I love when I make a connection before the writer says it. Personal thrill.
Kenzie and Angie are great characters, and worth reading the rest for, but Bubba was my favorite. He is exactly the kind of person I find in intriguing in life. Not to say I have ever knowingly met a baby-faced weapons expert, but seemingly, slow, but savant like people that are so much more than their surface indicates. Those are the people I mean.
I will be seeking out the rest of these and, this time, reading in order. I don;t think I've spoiled anything for myself by reading this first, I'll just chalk it up to personal foreshadowing.
This was very "noir detective" and I enjoy this style of book immensely. It reminds me of McCullough's Delmonico series or Cornwell's Scarpetta, Patterson's Cross. The reader is give clues to follow and is (mostly) able to solve and figure out along with the detective in the story. I love when I make a connection before the writer says it. Personal thrill.
Kenzie and Angie are great characters, and worth reading the rest for, but Bubba was my favorite. He is exactly the kind of person I find in intriguing in life. Not to say I have ever knowingly met a baby-faced weapons expert, but seemingly, slow, but savant like people that are so much more than their surface indicates. Those are the people I mean.
I will be seeking out the rest of these and, this time, reading in order. I don;t think I've spoiled anything for myself by reading this first, I'll just chalk it up to personal foreshadowing.