CITY OF BONES was my first Connelly read, and nearly my last. I like
everything else of his that I've read infinitely more than I did COB, for
reasons including those laid out by Juri below, and also because he killed
off the most interesting character in the book halfway through and in a
completely laughable manner and for an absolutely ludicrous
reason/motivation.
I just didn't buy it, and almost didn't finis the book.
I've found THE OVERLOOK, LINCOLN LAWYER and several of the Bosch novels
infinitely better.
YMMV-
Brian
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 5:47 AM, Juri Nummelin <juri.nummelin@pp.inet.fi>wrote:
> Mr. T:
>
> > I've been waiting for Michael Connelly to get something wrong (that I
> > might notice), but no luck yet...
>
> My dad (who once turned me to Chandler and Ross Macdonald) read his first
> Connelly after my several recommendations. He said the narrative drive is
> very good, but he said he noted some errors or implausibilities. I think he
>
> read City of Bones, which, according to him, is based on the fact that the
> place from which the kid's bones are found is very hard to get to. Then
> some
> kids just happen to be there, like they had no trouble at all! My dad
> thought this took some plausibility off.
>
> He also had problems with a bullet getting caught in the barrel of someone
> else's gun.
>
> Juri
>
>
>
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