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A review by ank3
The Drop by Michael Connelly
Did not finish book. Stopped at 17%.
I don't want to read male gazed descriptions of women. It disgusts me. I thought I liked the Bosch books but I just like the later Ballard books that don't have descriptions like this ... :
"Her eyes looked cold and hard now. Even so, she was beautiful, and Bosch found it hard to believe a husband would take late-night drives when the woman waiting at home wasDeborah Irving ."
"... leading a stunningly beautiful blond woman into the room. Bosch guessed she was in her midforties. She was tall and thin but not too tall and thin. She looked stricken but that didn't take much away from the beauty of a woman who was aging as gracefully as a fine wine." Gross
"Her eyes looked cold and hard now. Even so, she was beautiful, and Bosch found it hard to believe a husband would take late-night drives when the woman waiting at home was
"... leading a stunningly beautiful blond woman into the room. Bosch guessed she was in her midforties. She was tall and thin but not too tall and thin. She looked stricken but that didn't take much away from the beauty of a woman who was aging as gracefully as a fine wine." Gross
Content Warnings
Moderate: Misogyny