[books 2012] John Connolly
Nov. 5th, 2012 11:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
inulro62. The Wrath of Angels by John Connolly
I've been so busy that it took me in the region of two weeks to read this, and I can't remember taking more than 4 days to read any of his works. OK, also because it was in hardcover so I didn't lug it around on the bus with me.o because it was in hardcover so I didn't lug it around on the bus with me.
Another Charlie Parker mystery. I enjoyed this more than I have the last few. Charlie is hardly in it - most of the book follows the villains and victims. It's truly creepy. Highly recommended.
I got to meet Connolly at a signing for this book and told him the story of how I became familiar with him and his work, and he loved my comment that what hooked me was the "sheer variety of voice" that he used in Nocturnes, because that's exactly what he was trying out - could he convincingly do anything other than Parker? I also learned I'm a very poor fan - the woman in front of me buys *two* copies of all his books, in hardback and paperback, just in case something happens to one of them. I've got most of them out of the library - this is the first I've purchased in hardcover in the week of publication.
I've been so busy that it took me in the region of two weeks to read this, and I can't remember taking more than 4 days to read any of his works. OK, also because it was in hardcover so I didn't lug it around on the bus with me.o because it was in hardcover so I didn't lug it around on the bus with me.
Another Charlie Parker mystery. I enjoyed this more than I have the last few. Charlie is hardly in it - most of the book follows the villains and victims. It's truly creepy. Highly recommended.
I got to meet Connolly at a signing for this book and told him the story of how I became familiar with him and his work, and he loved my comment that what hooked me was the "sheer variety of voice" that he used in Nocturnes, because that's exactly what he was trying out - could he convincingly do anything other than Parker? I also learned I'm a very poor fan - the woman in front of me buys *two* copies of all his books, in hardback and paperback, just in case something happens to one of them. I've got most of them out of the library - this is the first I've purchased in hardcover in the week of publication.
