What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
Michael connelly does an exquisite job of keeping the reader engaged and wanting more. Welborne actually is an la newspaper publisher as well as president of angels flight, the funicular railway on bunker hall.
Renée ballard is a female detective who works the late shift.
There are 3 stories that are woven together and keeps the reader questioning what comes next until the very end. The most believable thing about the late show is the number of questions it leaves unanswered. The author throws curves in the last 30 pag... Read More
Cons
The main character is exaggerated in her wierdness. Along with that is the politically correct speech of the day being used constantly, like referring to the male * as'she', and the politics of the minute being sprinkled in as part of the story. Even ... Read More
Content warning for gun violence, gore, drowning, and loss of a parent. The late show is a completely amateurish 3rd rate police procedural. A senior officer breaks the law to plant a misleading story about the protagonist in the newspaper.
His lackluster recounting of tedious detail makes the story just that.
The late show by michael connelly (renée ballard #1) if you cannot stand not knowing what this and a dozen othe in-type code names mean, this one is not for you. It's hard to believe micheal connelly wrote this book.
Renee ballard is completely unlikeable. Renee is not likeable. It comes off as being quite disjointed with a very slow pace.
Highlights
Quality
A good friend of mine retired from the lapd and he says the interplay of the cops with each other and the struggles with the ad... Read More
I am reading the second book because i enjoyed this one
Shipping
The story moved fast never a dull moment
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
While i enjoyed the late show the book is uneven with flaws and unexplained details
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The book is almost solely focused on our heroine renee ballard
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
She is a disassociated detective relegated to working the late shift because of a sexual harassment dispute with a superior
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Bitter about the way the harassment complaint was handled she possesses a negative attitude and is overtly hostile to most people she encouragers
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She seems isolated and exhibits the characteristics of a “lone wolf” wanting to do things her own way violating rules and getting involved with a mass shooting investigation even though she is not assigned to the case and repeated told to back down
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I did not find detective ballard to be a particularly likable character
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The book is uneven because it bogs down with police protocols and jargon
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
There is very little “action” in the first several chapters to hold the readers interest
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