Elizabeth

Great read

Reviewed: 06-28-23

This book is well written and well told. The characters are interesting, well developed, and kept me wrapped inside the story as if I was also living it. Highly recommend it.

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Disjointed and hard to follow

Reviewed: 06-26-23

I was very disappointed by this book. Too many stories, none well developed. Ballard is presented as an animal abuser ( why give her a dog if she doesn’t have the time or ability to care for it?). She is very whiny for a police woman. She is very uninteresting as a person and the only personal details we know about her make her a victim.
Bosch has lost his funny, spunky personality and has turned into a perpetrator of crime himself. The last scene is not believable. The sex scene is gratuitous and ruins the strictly friendly relationship he has with Elizabeth. It seems like he is a sex machine that cannot control himself and takes advantage of a woman in a very weak time of her life.
The dual narration was distracting and confusing. Connelly must agree when he has to announce the character before the beginning of a chapter.

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Disappointing

Reviewed: 01-22-21

There was very little story development. I felt the reader was reading a story outline they were proposing to a publisher. And the story was not good to begin with. Do not recommend it at all!!!

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Awful Narration, story ending does not make sense

Reviewed: 10-24-17

From the beginning the narrator read the story in a halting way. So much so that it was distracting to the story. I almost returned the book, except I hate not too finish what I start. I will never choose another book narrated by Keli Douglass again. As for the story, I thought it was passable except when it justified the defendant's murders as (spoiler alert!) revenge. It didn't explain how the murder of the investigator that tried to blackmail her was justified in her mind. It just ignored it altogether. I thought it was a very poor ending.

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Another Winner

Reviewed: 07-23-17

This book will be loved especially by Andy Carpenter fans. I love David Rosenfelt's entertaining writing and Andy's self deprecating humor. Some of his more recent books have been a bit of a stretch and it felt to me that he was running out of fresh ideas. In this book the story narrative is fresh and believable. An adopted baby and his dog are abducted from the Nanny hired by a wealthy CEO in a DNA lab. The CEO's boyfriend and chief chemist in the lab is the convicted perpetrator. The lab is funded with questionable money and the abduction and the baby are in the middle of this when it all comes undone when the dog shows up in the Tara Foundation doorstep. Fun fast read.

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Loved this Prequel

Reviewed: 07-23-17

What did you love best about Last Chance Lassiter?

For Jake Lassitter fans this prequel made a lot of sense and explains the beginnings of why he despises big law firms. It also explains the beginnings of his code of conduct for life. The story itself was believable (for a Jake Lassiter story, that is; I don't know many lawyers who would prod a would-be client into hitting them with a baseball bat), simple and easy to listen in one sitting. I only gave it four stars because I reserve the fifth star for books that will be unforgettable many years from now. I liked this book but I'm not sure I'll remember the details several years from now.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Last Chance Lassiter?

I liked the dialogue with the psychiatrist when she is evaluating him for anger management issues and she keeps on provoking him by calling him Wrong Way instead of his name. He doesn't bite but when she asks him if it makes him angry when she calls him Wrong Way he calls the whole evaluation bull shit and wants to leave. She warns him that if he leaves she will have to tell the Judge Buxtrom that that he is having difficulty controlling his anger. He yells back that he is not angry, G-d Dam it!

Which scene was your favorite?

I loved when he showed up in his old law office to negotiate with Lyle Krippendorf and Silky, Krippendorf's client, in Miami Dolphin sweat pants and a T shirt that said: A friend helps you move...A real friend helps you move a body;. Typical Lassiter humor. A second instance is the scene in the Bar Arbitration Hearing. It exemplified in a cartoonish way the worst of the system, when all in the system already have a preconceived notion of what happened regardless of the facts. I liked it, in a perverse way.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Easily did listen in one sitting.

Any additional comments?

I recommend this book highly to all Jake Lassiter fans.

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Fun, fast reading legal mystery.

Reviewed: 06-27-17

Where does Fool Me Twice rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Fool me Twice is a light reading courtroom drama. Jake Lassiter is a lovably flawed lawyer who unwittingly manages to get tangled in his clients' ploys sometimes. I especially love his courtroom banters. This book is not great literature but it is very enjoyable and fast listening. It ranks right in the middle of the books I've listened to so far.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Fool Me Twice?

I especially liked the courtroom comfrontation between Jake Lassiter and Ms Barroso. It was like living a Perry Mason moment that rarely happens in real life but that we all dream about when we want to be able to prove something.

Have you listened to any of Luke Daniels’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes, I have listened to other Luke Daniels performances. This one is just as good as the others. He reads with dramatic effect without sounding affected. However, given that he has read so many of Levine's Jake Lassiter Series, you'd think he would lose the Mexican accent when he is pretending to speak Spanish like a Cuban. It is as distracting as hearing a Southern drawl on a character supposedly from New York. Also it would be nice if he practiced his Spanish words before he performed the book. Otherwise, he is very good.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When Jake thought he was going to jail for life, I found it moving that he worried about what would happen to his newfound nephew.

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Dissapointed

Reviewed: 12-07-15

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

People not looking for courtroom mysteries might enjoy this book more.

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

I would not have listed this book under legal mystery category. It is more like a story of a newspaper editor in a southern town during the 70's.

What three words best describe Michael Beck’s voice?

Ok.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Disappointed

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Great read. Does not dissapoint.

Reviewed: 12-07-15

What made the experience of listening to The Crossing the most enjoyable?

It was well narrated and the story is very engaging. no

What did you like best about this story?

Harry Bosch is back doing what he does best, which is investigating. And Mickey Haller is superb in the courtroom. Together they are a most enjoyable immersion into their world. I could not put it down.

Have you listened to any of Titus Welliver’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

no

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Connelly does it again. Bosch and Heller are an unbeatable team.

Any additional comments?

Highly recommend it. Connelly should give us more of this team..

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Good Story

Reviewed: 05-27-12

Where does I, Alex Cross rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This book was entertaining, but Patterson's Private series is better.

What other book might you compare I, Alex Cross to and why?

This is the first Alex Cross book I have read, so I will have to wait to read others to make comparisons.

Have you listened to any of Tim Cain and Michael Cerveris ’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

This book made me want to stay up until 4AM in order to finish it. I will definitely buy more Alex Cross from the beginning of the series and compare.

Any additional comments?

The ending was disappointing because I would think that if the different agencies were happy blaming the wrong person in order to protect the Administration, then there would be much more red tape in order to even bring the real suspect for questioning. The police would have to present more evidence to the AG, and not have the final scene be so dramatic. I find it hard that so many agencies would be present in Swat Team style for a simple questioning of a suspect. Also, it was not clear if Det. Cormorant knew about Zeus all along, or when he found out. The ending needed tightening up.

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