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I would also recommend going chronologically. I read most of these 8-10 years ago and was impressed at how Connelly develops Bosch's character with each story, how he ages and evolves over the course of the series. Bosch does not pop up full-blown in the 1st book, and one of the hooks for me was how he channels his own conflict into who/what he is. I also get a kick out of checking out the jazz players he likes, a little  to Mr. Connelly for that. I am a bit surprised that more of Connelly's whodunnits have not been translated to movies.On that note, I've been pretty uniformly disappointed that the books don't translate well to audio for me. Maybe it's my own quirk that I am not bothered by reading brutal fiction details nearly as much as listening to a reader describe them (over my car stereo)
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Your Sledgehammer posted:
I had no idea there was such a thing? What channel, etc? Your Sledgehammer posted:So I just finished The Lincoln Lawyer yesterday. I went into it thinking that I wouldn't like the Haller stories as much as the Bosch ones, but I was wrong. It's a refreshing change of pace and Connelly writes a pretty good court scene. Haller himself is the real hook, he's kind of a slimebag, but a lovable one that you root for the whole time. The only thing that sort of let me down was the climactic trial scene...there's nothing wrong with it necessarily, I just expected a few more twists out of it. Agreed, I also enjoyed the change of pace, and the totally different way Bosch is portrayed from Haller's pov. is great. I was disappointed mainly by the casting of Matthew McConaughey in the movie version of Lincoln Lawyer; he was just totally wrong, starting with his soft Southern accent. I mean,wtf, it's L.A.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:I am loving the time capsule element of these stories. Early 90's LA is a great setting for a series. It is, he takes it from early 90's and the Rodney King riots, and all the ways that impacts the L.A.P.D., on into the early 2000's with a lot of flashback building. The descriptions of cutting-edge technology of the time gave me a chuckle. Hieronymous Alloy posted:The part in the sixth book where the detective has to explain to Harry what a web server is is particularly hilarious though. In a way this series is making me feel old because it's making me realize how long ago the nineties were. Sounds like you are burning right through them. I have that tendency too, to pig out on something I really enjoy.  Is he butting heads again with Chief Irving Irving in that one? The way that relationship builds over the series is impressive.
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