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A review by raymond_murphy
The Reversal by Michael Connelly
3.0
This is the kind of book that makes you want to stay home all day and read. So I obviously liked it, but it is not anywhere near as good as early Connellys (although it was a lot better than 9 Dragons).
The focus here is on the re-trial of a convicted killer. New DNA evidence has called the ruling in his first case into question. Mickey Haller is asked by the DA to re-try the case and he brings Harry Bosch on as his investigator.
These two main characters from other Connelly books in one novel doesn't really work. Neither gets the character or story development that each needs to be interesting. And there is just too much shorthand about Bosch's need to right wrongs and give himself over wholly to his work. It is these drives that have always made Bosch an interesting character but the description of them here is almost glib.
Mickey Haller is a new character in the Connellyverse but he has not had enough opportunities yet to shine on his own. I hope Connelly will focus on Haller on his own while he figures out where he wants to go with Bosch next.
The focus here is on the re-trial of a convicted killer. New DNA evidence has called the ruling in his first case into question. Mickey Haller is asked by the DA to re-try the case and he brings Harry Bosch on as his investigator.
These two main characters from other Connelly books in one novel doesn't really work. Neither gets the character or story development that each needs to be interesting. And there is just too much shorthand about Bosch's need to right wrongs and give himself over wholly to his work. It is these drives that have always made Bosch an interesting character but the description of them here is almost glib.
Mickey Haller is a new character in the Connellyverse but he has not had enough opportunities yet to shine on his own. I hope Connelly will focus on Haller on his own while he figures out where he wants to go with Bosch next.