Review: Be Careful With This One.......................
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 18, 2013
A quick filler by Mr. Connelly, if you will. These are 3 short stories. I enjoyed the first one. The other two are OK. But they end rather abruptly without fanfare. It's almost as if the reader says: "Yeah, so?" No real twists, no climax; just the end. The stories aren't bad at all. The conclusions leave something to be desired. They make for a quickie read. But they certainly are not up to what one expects from Mr. Connelly.Some readers seem to feel shortchanged, not realizing these were short stories. I don't understand why. The book's description states three Harry Bosch stories. It also states a length of 105 pages. That, in and of itself, tells you they are short stories.What I did find irksome and selling the reader short was the Kindle version ends at a mere 72%. Reach that point and you're finished. Meaning over 25% is devoted to a preview of a full length novel. I'm sorry, that is shortchanging the reader. This happens somewhat frequently. But at less than 3/4 the way through and, without warning, your done. This reaches a new plateau in ending early.