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Rough Country by John Sandford
4.0
A lot of things to track in this case. So when a certain major piece popped back up in the end, I was like "OMG! I TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT THEM!"
I think my heart stopped for a moment towards the end.
I think my heart stopped for a moment towards the end.
The Burning Room by Michael Connelly
3.0
This was my first Harry Bosch book. I usually try to start from ground up but this book was on those sales in Barnes and Nobles and the summary sounded good. I was out of Kindle Books to Read (sort of) and had a stack of TBR and thought "Might as well!"
Harry Bosch, nearing his retirement, is assigned a new case. This one involves the death of a man, a man who was shot a decade ago and has now succumbed to the complications from the injury. Being able to retrieve the bullet, in which removal when he was alive was not possible, there are new clues to the cold case. Things long hidden are about to be revealed.
Harry is assigned a new partner, Lucia Soto with no homicide experience under her. They work together as the senior officer about to retire and the rookie. As they gather more and more clues on the case, both the new exposed with the new data and the old missed clued. The case gets rolling and they pick up another case, involving the fire that killed several children almost 2 decades ago.
With two cases, I was expecting something more exciting. This book seemed to drag for me (no time to read too). However, it wasn't as fast paced as I hoped? I always hear about Harry Bosch and was hoping to get into the series. This book wasn't "disappointing" but it was quite slow and very procedural. Almost like a bit of a report back. A lot of times I saw a good few moments "He did this, he did that, she did this, she felt this, he felt that..." and wanted to go, "Show not tell!" But mostly forgiven.
Soto [SLIGHT SPOILER ALERT] is a bit bland. I know she is a very serious and she has personal stakes in this. I also know she is a rookie to the division, even if she has previous officer experience to her name. I'm sure many people who've gone through internships or are new workers would answer the same way. All the "okays," "sure," "will do." Short and simple, she gets to the job. I don't really get to know her besides how personal the case is to her and her past. She's stoic and doesn't answer much. She's hard working and burning the candle on both ends. But I don't know much else about her.
There's a minor "firefight" (hardly there) in the end. It was slow throughout the book, mostly procedural, mostly infuriatingly chasing tail of people who may or may not be dead (cold cases be like that ya know?), but I felt like, at least, there wasn't too many dead end feelings. A single glitter speck of clue always led to somewhere and there was always someone who saw SOMETHING and ready to interview or whose reluctant interview managed to still lead somewhere. In terms of actual adrenaline, heart stopping, excitement? That was for the last few chapters in the book. If it wasn't for that, I feel like this book would have been an easy 2 star for me. The last few chapters of the book dragged the last star out of me because it just felt worth it. I'm sure, as detectives, all this chasing feels worth it too once the case truly gets rolling and answers start coming in.
Harry Bosch, nearing his retirement, is assigned a new case. This one involves the death of a man, a man who was shot a decade ago and has now succumbed to the complications from the injury. Being able to retrieve the bullet, in which removal when he was alive was not possible, there are new clues to the cold case. Things long hidden are about to be revealed.
Harry is assigned a new partner, Lucia Soto with no homicide experience under her. They work together as the senior officer about to retire and the rookie. As they gather more and more clues on the case, both the new exposed with the new data and the old missed clued. The case gets rolling and they pick up another case, involving the fire that killed several children almost 2 decades ago.
With two cases, I was expecting something more exciting. This book seemed to drag for me (no time to read too). However, it wasn't as fast paced as I hoped? I always hear about Harry Bosch and was hoping to get into the series. This book wasn't "disappointing" but it was quite slow and very procedural. Almost like a bit of a report back. A lot of times I saw a good few moments "He did this, he did that, she did this, she felt this, he felt that..." and wanted to go, "Show not tell!" But mostly forgiven.
Soto [SLIGHT SPOILER ALERT] is a bit bland. I know she is a very serious and she has personal stakes in this. I also know she is a rookie to the division, even if she has previous officer experience to her name. I'm sure many people who've gone through internships or are new workers would answer the same way. All the "okays," "sure," "will do." Short and simple, she gets to the job. I don't really get to know her besides how personal the case is to her and her past. She's stoic and doesn't answer much. She's hard working and burning the candle on both ends. But I don't know much else about her.
There's a minor "firefight" (hardly there) in the end. It was slow throughout the book, mostly procedural, mostly infuriatingly chasing tail of people who may or may not be dead (cold cases be like that ya know?), but I felt like, at least, there wasn't too many dead end feelings. A single glitter speck of clue always led to somewhere and there was always someone who saw SOMETHING and ready to interview or whose reluctant interview managed to still lead somewhere. In terms of actual adrenaline, heart stopping, excitement? That was for the last few chapters in the book. If it wasn't for that, I feel like this book would have been an easy 2 star for me. The last few chapters of the book dragged the last star out of me because it just felt worth it. I'm sure, as detectives, all this chasing feels worth it too once the case truly gets rolling and answers start coming in.
Bad Blood by John Sandford
5.0
I think I stared off at a wall for a long long time after I finished this book.
The end was when shit hit the fan, rained down and hit the fan maybe a couple more times before settling. Only this book was anything but settling. This one might be the most disturbing book I've read in the series so far.
This time, in the fourth book of the Virgil Flower series, Virgil is looking into a case where a high school star athlete with his life planned and perfect in front of him is jailed after murdering a man for unknown reasons. A good kid with no past history and definitely no known motive. Later on, that teenager dies, "suicide". When Virgil looks deeper into the suspicious deaths, another body appears.
As Virgil tries to connect the three bodies, he slowly uncovers a disturbing secret. And in a small town where every other house seem to be in on some secret and nobody talking, it gets very hard to track down and pinpoint what exactly is going on here.
I loved this book. I really hated the theme behind the plot. Quite disliked the ending, people who deserved to rot in prison ended up managing to flee. But when you uncover a cult, it's like turning the light on in a room full of roaches. Some get killed but there's always some that manage to escape into a random part of your house and start up over again.
Loved the book. Loved the crazy gunfight towards the end. There wasn't just LIES, it was a giant web of lies that half the town was in on. Fast-paced book and no putting it down.
The end was when shit hit the fan, rained down and hit the fan maybe a couple more times before settling. Only this book was anything but settling. This one might be the most disturbing book I've read in the series so far.
This time, in the fourth book of the Virgil Flower series, Virgil is looking into a case where a high school star athlete with his life planned and perfect in front of him is jailed after murdering a man for unknown reasons. A good kid with no past history and definitely no known motive. Later on, that teenager dies, "suicide". When Virgil looks deeper into the suspicious deaths, another body appears.
As Virgil tries to connect the three bodies, he slowly uncovers a disturbing secret. And in a small town where every other house seem to be in on some secret and nobody talking, it gets very hard to track down and pinpoint what exactly is going on here.
I loved this book. I really hated the theme behind the plot. Quite disliked the ending, people who deserved to rot in prison ended up managing to flee. But when you uncover a cult, it's like turning the light on in a room full of roaches. Some get killed but there's always some that manage to escape into a random part of your house and start up over again.
Loved the book. Loved the crazy gunfight towards the end. There wasn't just LIES, it was a giant web of lies that half the town was in on. Fast-paced book and no putting it down.