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One of those sci-fi books that is absolutely stuffed with huge, fascinating, eye-opening ideas… But is completely lacking in terms of developing characters. So th...

The good Most of the characters I enjoyed from the previous books are back. There’s a new, dark, twisted primary villain. Plus a few interestin...

The good Kenzie and Gennaro are back. More interesting private detective work. The Boston setting is back, which is Lehane’s specialt...

I’ve always found this to be an entertaining and light-hearted series, but starting around book 10, it has really picked up, and this latest entry was great. The ...

Same as the previous books: wonderful world-building, childish writing.

I feel like Lee Child hadn’t really hit his stride yet in the first two Jack Reacher books. The plots are a little winding, Jack Reacher isn’t as badass as he is ...

The good Kenzie and Gennaro are fun characters. Their roles as private detectives work well for this story. Interesting setting (Boston) and th...

One of the better books in the Bosch series. This was my first exposure to FBI profiler Terry McCaleb, who is an interesting character, and it was fun to see him ...

I enjoyed this book more than the first one in the series. You again get fun characters and setting, but this time, the mystery is an actual mystery (rather than ...

One of the better entries in the series. It picks up where the previous book left off, but whereas the previous book had a quiet & boring first half, this...