Blog, Page 25

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...

DNF. I couldn’t follow this book at all. It found it disjointed, random, and confusing. I suspect that the narrator is supposed to be unreliable and perhaps hallu...

More or less the same as the first book: the premise (Greek mythology is true, and has survived into the modern world) is wonderful; the writing is clearly target...

This book knows exactly what it is: a goofy, silly, fun adventure. It has great humor, funny characters, and doesn’t take itself too seriously. An entertaining re...

The good Fun setting: turn-of-the-century London, just as society is reeling from Jack the Ripper, more serial killers start to appear, and the police ar...

The good Interesting setting: a southern town with a black sheriff. Plenty of social commentary that is handled reasonably well. The characters...

Slow, meandering start to the book, but an excellent finish, and a cliffhanger that makes you want more.