The Overlook (Harry Bosch) by Michael Connelly
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Book Reviews of The Overlook (Harry Bosch)
Book Review: Commuting The Sentence and Paragraph
Summary: 4 Stars
THE OVERLOOK may not be a great book but it is a great book for commuting which is where and how I read it, on my way to and from work. Connelly knows how to tell a good story and, let's face it, the guy can write. Because it is part of a popular series you're bound to find those who liked it better than others or conversely, didn't. Hey, we all have our favorites which is why Baskin & Robbins has more flavors than vanilla.
I'm a Harry Bosch fan so I won't bad mouth the book especially when it is a well written piece of work with a good storyline. And come on! The Title, The Overlook? How fitting for a whodunnit where the evidence is there but overlooked.
Got a plane trip coming or just taking the bus or train to and from work? Then pick up THE OVERLOOK and see if you can figure it out before you get to the final chapters or say, before the fat guy next to you falls asleep on your shoulder.
Book Review: A twelve hour case
Summary: 4 Stars
Harry Bosch is back in Homicide Central and finally gets the call he has been waiting for to go out on a case. A man has been murdered, but things don't seem right to Harry. He has been in the business for a while, and has developed a sense for seeing things that don't add up, or maybe add up a little too well. The case finds him working again with FBI agent Rachel Walling. Harry has a reputation that can be either good or bad depending on your viewpoint.
Harry gets lucky with a little "help" from an unexpected source, and things start connecting the dots. It's a quick case for Harry. He doesn't get any sleep, but he is used to that and drinks a lot of coffee to keep going. Along the way, he is breaking in his new partner, Iggy.
Another reviewer said that this reads like a serial. Well, yeah, it is supposed to be part of a serial. There are many books in the Harry Bosch series.
Book Review: A quick, but satisfying read
Summary: 4 Stars
Originally created as a 16-part serial for the New York Times Magazine, The Overlook is a fast-paced, straight forward, easy-to-read 225-page Harry Bosch novel. The Overlook is a follow up to Echo Park and Bosch is reunited with FBI agent Rachel Walling.
Stanley Kent, a medical physicist, has been murdered execution style and 31 vials of radioactive cesium are missing. The cesium could be used to create a deadly dirty bomb. National security is at risk and the FBI is trying to squeeze the LAPD and Bosch out of the investigation.
The FBI contends that the terrorism threat trumps the murder investigation. Bosch disagrees. He believes murder is the key to the case. He senses a great deal of misdirection going on and he has to prove his point, working outside the normal channels, of course.
This is a quick, but satisfying read.
Book Review: No padding - a nice surprise
Summary: 4 Stars
This is my first Harry Bosch book and it won't be my last. What a pleasure to read a novel that isn't 50% padding! When I was a kid, most thrillers/mysteries were about this length and they focused on plot and twists and turns. This is very similiar to the kind of novel that turned me onto reading as a child. While I have enjoyed many, many longer books I have found that over the past 10 years, authors seem to think that the bigger the book, the more important it will be perceived. They shouldn't be afraid to tell a trim story with a beginning, middle and very neatly tied up end. The only chapter I didn't get was the Viet Nam interlude. Wasn't that puzzling, out of nowhere?
I recommend this book for readers looking for a well-constructed, minimilist thriller with a really nice turn of plot in the 3rd act.
Book Review: Weak Connelly is still pretty darned good.
Summary: 4 Stars
I think Blood Work remains Connely's weakest novel, but this is unarguably the weakest Harry Bosch novel. Do you blame it on the fact it started out as a magazine serial? Perhaps. Connelly begins the story promising enough kind of going all Jack Bauer on us, but switches gears. Bosch doesn't really care if terrorists are going to destroy LA. He's a detective. He wants to solve a homicide. I get it, I guess. Don't believe it though. But Connelly has a great knack for keeping his readers involved, and I was never bored. Don't want to give away too many spoilers or plot points. Let's just say the ending was telegraphed from a mile away, and I was left unsatisfied. Still I'm giving it four stars because I would recommend it for a quick read to almost everyone. I can't say that for books I give 3 stars to.