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Summary: Good but too graphic
Review: Lehane is a good writer but there was too much violence (hopefully somewhat unrealistic)and he gave some unecessary info on the settings, plots and characters. What I loved most about his book though is... you know how you always want to know more about a character when reading a book, and you feel the writer did not focus enough attention on that character? Well, he did an excellent job on each one of them. I could picture each character and understood their role. It was suspenseful yet predictable for us detective type novels obsessed readers. Try James hadley Chase and you will be able to predict writers like Lehane. Overall he is good and very funny. I had to catch myself a few times on the train from laughing out loud.
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Summary: Great reading, but not Lehane's best
Review: This book was certainly entertaining and a real page-turner, yet I was disappointed in many ways. It had the fine characterizations, compelling plot, and moral focus as Lehane's other books, yet I thought that it too often became a standard serial killer thriller. One of the things I love about Lehane, is that I usually cannot predict what will happen, but here too many plot points seemed straight out of 100 different serial killer movies. Nonetheless, predictability and all, this was a highly entertaining book which I found difficult to put down.
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Summary: Terrific!
Review: Boy, can Dennis Lehane craft a story! DARKNESS, TAKE MY HAND is the second in the Kenzie/Gennaro series, and it certainly does not disappoint! It is a fast-paced thriller that leaves you sorry that you have to put it down for something as trivial as eating or sleeping. As Patrick and Angie unravel clues, Patrick's past with his violent father and with Angie and Renee, his ex-wife, becomes clearer to the reader. Lehane is the most exciting and hip writer to come along in some time, and I wish him a long career. More Kenzie and Gennaro, Please!
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Summary: Another great book by Lehane
Review: I was very impressed with Lehane's first book, A Drink Before the War, and was very excited to try his next book, Darkness Take My Hand. His stories just keep getting better and more enthralling. I love the two main characters and the way they interact- they're a great team. And boy is this plot enthralling. The serial killer story is really scary though- I found this book really hard to put down! I reccommend it to any mystery and suspense lovers!
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Summary: AHHH- I wish it wasn't over
Review: Oh man this is one good read! I can't believe that I didn't know about Patrick and Angie earlier. I am an avid reader and only heard of Dennis Lehane's series last month. I have read "A Drink Before the War" and now "Darkness, Take My Hand" in the past week. I was late to work on Sunday because I couldn't put "Darkness" down. Oh I love the characters. How wonderfully human they are. So full of fault and virtue. The story is dark, moody and riveting. It moves at a fast pace. Almost too fast since I was sad that it was over.
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Summary: OUT OF THIS WORLD
Review: I first became introduced to Dennis Lehane in his novel titled Gone Baby Gone. After that, as they say, it was history. I love this man's writing, and I cannot get enough, I highly recommend reading all of his books. This was a dark, wonderful, realistic read. Run, don't walk, to get this book!
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Summary: One of my favorites
Review: After devouring this novel I was drained. This is the second in Lehane's series featuring private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro and it really packs a whallup. The first novel, A Drink Before the War, did a fine job of introducing these characters, along with an adequate story. This novel digs deep into the relationships of these people, and all the while we're being pulled through a harrowing serial killer mystery. Lehane has pulled out all the stops here. Sure, there are many authors who will try to shock you with gruesome details, but in this novel it's the sense of the helplessness of the victims that stays with you long after you leave the story. If you're like me, and have already read dozens of rave reviews about this, you'll be about 100 pages into it and will be wondering what the big deal is. Trust me on this: the novel is so well structured and timed that it very slowly begins to build up, as if you're treading water just at the edge of a whirlpool. Slowly and gently the current begins to tug at you, and before you know it you're caught in its grip and being pulled to its depths......God, I'm beginning to sound like a Kirkus Review. Sorry. But the novel is that good and the characters are incredibly well drawn and complex. Here's a quote from the story that will stick with me forever: "We're human, so we're messy."
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Summary: Don't Even Think About Getting Up Once You Start This Book!
Review: Lehane delivers again another book filled with thrills, chills, great characters, great dialogue and non-stop action. To really appreciate Lehane's books, read them in sequence. You'll love the main characters--Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. And wait to you get to know Bubba! You'll never want to even think about looking at him the wrong way. It would likely be your last thought!
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Summary: Bone Chilling, yet humorous...How does Dennis Lehane do it??
Review: I've never really had a favorite author until now. Dennis Lehane grabbed my attention with his first few words in Darkness take my Hand and I was hooked! I figured this book was a one time masterpiece. Absolutely not! All of his books are incredible! But this one, this one is my favorite. It was so creepy and evil, yet even when I was scared to death, Patrick "Don't call me Pat" Kenzie said or thought something that had me laughing. It amazes me how Dennis Lehane does this and makes it all work so beautifully. And, you'll love the main characters,Patrick and Angela, as well as the side characters Bubba, Oscar and Devin. You won't be able to stop reading. Bubba. He's the man. You've gotta love him. I've never had the desire to meet a psychopath, but I would love to meet Bubba. If you like his character, there's lots more of him in Prayers for Rain. Read it! Read them all! I guarantee you won't go away disappointed and you'll wait impatiently for the next book to come out. Mr. Lehane, you've got amazing talent. You're the best and I'm a fan for life.
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Summary: Thrilling! Lehane has a fan for life!
Review: After reading A Drink Before the War a few weeks ago, I quickly ordered all of Dennis Lehane's other books so that I could read them chronologically without having to wait in between books. Darkness, Take My Hand is, without doubt, one of the finest suspense novels I have ever read-and I've read a lot! Patrick and Angie feel like friends to me now, and the horror they are faced with during the course of this novel was almost unbearable. Most novels have "stick-man" villains that I feel never really pose any real threat to the heroes. Not so here. The bad guys here are REALLY bad guys. Kudos to Lehane! What a craftsman. I'm almost done with Sacred now, Dennis, so write faster!!!
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