[books 2014] John Connolly
30 The Wolf in Winter by John Connolly
It's no secret that I love John Connolly's writing very much and I'm a big fangirl. However, I did feel that he'd lost his way with some of the more recent Charlie Parker novels.
He's found it again. I couldn't put this one down. It's got all the plot elements that tick my boxes, and some beautiful turns of phrase and perceptive writing, in particular a few paragraphs on the sheer hard work of keeping alive day to day when you're homeless that's breathtaking.
The last quarter is not quite what you expect. Charlie Parker is in a coma, and it's about the people who care enough to avenge him and to finish the job he was working on.
I tag this one supernatural detective series, but this has so little in common with, say, the Dresden Files or the London series that are doing the rounds. This is much darker, more elemental.
It's no secret that I love John Connolly's writing very much and I'm a big fangirl. However, I did feel that he'd lost his way with some of the more recent Charlie Parker novels.
He's found it again. I couldn't put this one down. It's got all the plot elements that tick my boxes, and some beautiful turns of phrase and perceptive writing, in particular a few paragraphs on the sheer hard work of keeping alive day to day when you're homeless that's breathtaking.
The last quarter is not quite what you expect. Charlie Parker is in a coma, and it's about the people who care enough to avenge him and to finish the job he was working on.
I tag this one supernatural detective series, but this has so little in common with, say, the Dresden Files or the London series that are doing the rounds. This is much darker, more elemental.