32. Prayers For Rain by Dennis Lehane

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I think this is part 5 of the Kenzie-Gennaro series. If you’ve not read any of Lehane’s stuff I suggest you give it a try. He’s great. You’ve probably heard of some of his other (non Kenzie-Gennaro) books like Mystic River and Shutter Island.

This series takes place in Boston and yes, it’s crime fiction. This one takes place after Gone, Baby, Gone. The best part about his books are the characters. It’s not so much that they’re authentic, because I don’t really know anything about the Boston underworld and/or private eyes, right? But what he does is make the characters credible, yeah? So I totally believe these characters and root for them and oh, look at me gushing.

The only problem I had with the book, and SPOILER ALERT, I GUESS, I mean the damn book has been out for like, I don’t know, 10 years or something so you should have read this by now. The problem was the bad guys? It’s kind of like there are two baddies? (Well, more than two, really.) And the two main bad guys are both sociopaths, I would think, and I don’t think that two sociopaths would work together.

Okay, maybe they could work together, but not for that long.

Another thing I was kinda meh about was that Kenzie mentions the Marx Brothers at least 4 times. We get it, you’re a movie buff, that’s awesome. But you mention the Marx Brothers 4 times, and the mystery has nothing to do with old movies OR the Marx Brothers. So, redundant.

I know, it’s fiction! Just enjoy the story! I did; I promise. I love these books. Eventually I’ll read one of his that isn’t a Kenzie-Gennaro mystery, but not yet! Because there’s a new one out! SWEET. You’ve no idea how much I’ve looked forward to this.

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