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A review by ben_miller
Angels Flight by Michael Connelly
2.0
Listening to the audiobook of this was an altogether miserable experience, like being trapped in a small room for 12 hours with a bunch of cops who can't stop arguing.
I thought the audio format might make Connelly's wooden prose more tolerable, but actually it was the opposite. Every stilted phrase was enunciated to perfection by the gravelly-voiced actor. Connelly's bizarre aversion to using contractions made the dialogue feel particularly unnatural.
The story also felt slow and interminable: Bosch driving from one office to another, having one procedural conversation after the next. Occasionally someone you didn't really care about/actively despised dies. Edgar pops up every now and then to make a misogynistic joke, and Rider earns Bosch's respect through her ability to "take it."
The Lincoln Lawyer was pretty enjoyable, but I'm taking a hard pass on the rest of the Bosch series.
I thought the audio format might make Connelly's wooden prose more tolerable, but actually it was the opposite. Every stilted phrase was enunciated to perfection by the gravelly-voiced actor. Connelly's bizarre aversion to using contractions made the dialogue feel particularly unnatural.
The story also felt slow and interminable: Bosch driving from one office to another, having one procedural conversation after the next. Occasionally someone you didn't really care about/actively despised dies. Edgar pops up every now and then to make a misogynistic joke, and Rider earns Bosch's respect through her ability to "take it."
The Lincoln Lawyer was pretty enjoyable, but I'm taking a hard pass on the rest of the Bosch series.