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redfiona99Given that I got it for £1 on a WH Smiths deal, it's really not that bad.
It's quite good in fact.
The plot mostly works, the characters mostly work, in grand tradition it's the jaded old cop I love the most.
I am amused by the fact that the male characters get to just be good at their jobs while Amelia Sachs is good at her job and an ex-model and an excellent driver (there is a reason she's played by Angelina Jolie in the film). The author does give her some wonderful character bits so he's mostly forgiven.
I don't quite believe in the villain as they are revealed.
I believe in the Bone Collector who occasionally fades in and out of now and ye olde New York.
I believe in Colin Stanton driven to extremes by events.
I don't believe that they're the same person. It's the mixture of their different mindsets that makes it not work, and I think that that's why they cut the Bone Collector's bits from the film.
I'm not sure if we're supposed to think that Rhyme has been embittered by his injury, but he comes across as the sort of person who was horrible beforehand.
The writing varies from good to solid to the occasional infodump. There's a few of the science bits that I am deeply dubious of, and the big emotional scene does come across a bit, "level up - you have now unlocked my deep dark backstory."
It's not as much as a biblionasty as you might imagine, and, if thrillers are your thing, it's definitely worth a read.
1 - The Cold Moon by Jeffery Deaver
2 - Rules of Prey by John Sandford
3 - Blood Work by Michael Connelly
4 - Every Dead Thing by John Connolly
5 - The Poet by Michael Connelly
6 - When the Bough Breaks (Alex Delaware) by Jonathan Kellerman
7 - Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell
8 - Kiss the Girls by James Patterson
9 - The Black Echo by Michael Connelly
10 - The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen
They all look reasonable, and it's not LibraryThing's fault that I haven't told it that I don't like Patrica Cornwell.
It's quite good in fact.
The plot mostly works, the characters mostly work, in grand tradition it's the jaded old cop I love the most.
I am amused by the fact that the male characters get to just be good at their jobs while Amelia Sachs is good at her job and an ex-model and an excellent driver (there is a reason she's played by Angelina Jolie in the film). The author does give her some wonderful character bits so he's mostly forgiven.
I don't quite believe in the villain as they are revealed.
I believe in the Bone Collector who occasionally fades in and out of now and ye olde New York.
I believe in Colin Stanton driven to extremes by events.
I don't believe that they're the same person. It's the mixture of their different mindsets that makes it not work, and I think that that's why they cut the Bone Collector's bits from the film.
I'm not sure if we're supposed to think that Rhyme has been embittered by his injury, but he comes across as the sort of person who was horrible beforehand.
The writing varies from good to solid to the occasional infodump. There's a few of the science bits that I am deeply dubious of, and the big emotional scene does come across a bit, "level up - you have now unlocked my deep dark backstory."
It's not as much as a biblionasty as you might imagine, and, if thrillers are your thing, it's definitely worth a read.
1 - The Cold Moon by Jeffery Deaver
2 - Rules of Prey by John Sandford
3 - Blood Work by Michael Connelly
4 - Every Dead Thing by John Connolly
5 - The Poet by Michael Connelly
6 - When the Bough Breaks (Alex Delaware) by Jonathan Kellerman
7 - Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell
8 - Kiss the Girls by James Patterson
9 - The Black Echo by Michael Connelly
10 - The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen
They all look reasonable, and it's not LibraryThing's fault that I haven't told it that I don't like Patrica Cornwell.
