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Summary: BLOOD WORK
Review: REALLY enjoyed this book after seeing it as a runner-up for the 1999 Edgar award.... It had suspense, a great read on psychological profiling, enough clues to keep me ALMOST up to the hero. But then comes the little twists and turns that can make a good book into a much better read. The author reminded me quite a bit of Richard Thomas (Silence of the lambs(, without as much gore. Can hardly wait to buy more of Michael Connely to see if this was a one time thing.
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Summary: BLOOD WORK
Review: REALLY enjoyed this book after seeing it as a runner-up for the1999 Edgar award.... It had suspense, a great read on psychological profiling, enough clues to keep me ALMOST up to the hero. But then comes the little twists and turns that can make a good book into a much better read. The author reminded me quite a bit of Richard Thomas (Silence of the lambs(, without as much gore. Can hardly wait to buy more of Michael Connely to see if this was a one time thing.
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Summary: Not his best
Review: I have read all of Michael Connolly's book and this was a great disappointment. The characters lacked character and the dialogue was dull. It was a plod of a read.
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Summary: Not his best
Review: I have read all of Michael Connolly's book and this was a greatdisappointment. The characters lacked character and the dialogue was dull. It was a plod of a read.
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Summary: My 1st Michael Connelly novel, won't be my last!
Review: Very interesting story. I was able to figure out somethings,not others. There were many suprises. I felt the story was quite original. I think Mr. Connelly has a terrific hero in Terry McCaleb. THIS IS A MUST READ! BUY THIS BOOK!
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Summary: My 1st Michael Connelly novel, won't be my last!
Review: Very interesting story. I was able to figure out somethings, not others. There were many suprises. I felt the story was quite original. I think Mr. Connelly has a terrific hero in Terry McCaleb. THIS IS A MUST READ! BUY THIS BOOK!
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Summary: Good work unfinished.
Review: Something happened to Michael Connelly while he was writing that book. Some kind of crisis or breakdown. Maybe he was fed up with writing that book or writing in general. It looks like the publisher tried to minimize the damage and make the author finish the intended bestseller no matter what. That's why we have that ridiculous ending. An extra effort was put behind Blood Work's promotiom. Every Connelly's book cover in the English edition I've got advertised Blood Work and guaranteed 150 pound discout on a trip to the USA and Canada with the the book's purchase. Reading Michael Connely you can rely on a certain standard but this time the writing is very uneven. Of course Terry McCaleb is no match to the authors more famous character. It seems Connely used up all the dark colors of his palette on Hieronimys Bosch. No neurotism, no emotional problems for the new guy - except the sense of guilt all the Connely's creations possess in great measure. Connely is not very good in characterization. All his characters blame themselves for various bads they did or caused to happen. They like people who like them (and feel guilt toward them) and hate people who do not like them. In every book beside the usual villains there are jerks among the hero's colleagues who devote all their time to making his life diffucult. But he prevails upon them through his mental superiority and courage. All this guilt, neurotism and the urge for self- destruction are used by Mr.Connely to make his characters alive and complex. The less important personas are testimony to the author's uneasiness in dealing with real people. They are very stereotypical. Blood Work's Graciela is the archetypal Latina, giving and forgiving, lustful and religious, loyal to her man. Bolotov is a criminal by birthright. He is Russian and can be easily confronted and accused on a weak hunch,in fact, on a whim.I was amused when my compatriot reacted on that crap in a very manly way and after that every thought of Bolotov's supposed nearness sent the chills up McCaleb's WASPish a$$. Yes, Bolotov is not guilty of this crime but he ended up in a prison for something else - so there is no reason to worry about that wrongful accusation. It was one of the very few episodes when the sense of guilt was not bothering the distinguised ex-agent. So the first hundreds pages had a promise of a good entertainment then something gone wrong and the last pages is just Michael Connelly's fulfilling his contract obligations. I hope his later books will bring back the author we are used to.
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Summary: Pleasant Surprise
Review: This is a good read, not great, not bad, but good. The reasonfor the murders was a bit of a stretch, but made for a different plot line. The irritating L.A. cop was a textbook case of testosterone poisoning, and added an ironic humor (to me) I don't think the author actually intended. I don't normally read modern murder mysteries, since they tend to be a little too gory for me, but this one had little gore and a lot of suspense. Terry's character was very well developed. I hope to see more of him.
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Summary: Pleasant Surprise
Review: This is a good read, not great, not bad, but good. The reason for the murders was a bit of a stretch, but made for a different plot line. The irritating L.A. cop was a textbook case of testosterone poisoning, and added an ironic humor (to me) I don't think the author actually intended. I don't normally read modern murder mysteries, since they tend to be a little too gory for me, but this one had little gore and a lot of suspense. Terry's character was very well developed. I hope to see more of him.
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Summary: Blood work
Review: The title of my book is Blood Work. The auther of the book iread was Michael Connelly.The total mumber of the pages in the book is 469 The main characters in the story are Terrell Mccaleb, an ex-FBI agent and Graciella Rivers, the sister of Golra The setting of the story takes plave near L.A. the time of the story is 1993. This story is about an ex-FBI agent(mcacaleb.)recovering from a recent heart transplant.The only problem with that is the heart he has now is from Golria, who was murer. The sister of Graciella Rivers steps on the boat and into his life. The one golden sent. in the story i wish is haad wrothe is" the urge to freshly recrate the sensation of power and control over another human would be growing and incerasingly hard to control." (85)This shows how he feels the power inside of him. The cover of the book realts to the story because the people beign killed like Golria are being killed for a cerrtain Blood types. The title of the book means, it all revise around blood type and killing people. This was the best book i have read in a long time. If you are looking for a book that kepts you on the edge of your set the entire time read this book!
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