Mulholland Dive

Review #1

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Pro: it’s Michael Connelly. Con: it’s not enough Michael Connelly. Pro: it’s three by Michael Connelly. Con: it’s still not enough Michael Connelly. Oh, wait! There’s also a preview of The Black Box. What am I doing writing this? I should be ordering The Black Box. Why are you reading this review when you could be reading Michael Connelly? Well, three Connelly gems: Cahoots has more twists than the road in the title, and, by the way, that title is not a typo but rather a small splash of story. You’ll finish Cahoots with a smile, and plunge into the next one. Mulholland Dive is rich in detail and overflowing with irony. You will find yourself totally immersed in the protagonist’s process and finish with a belly-laugh as you swing into the final of the trio. All I can say is that Two Bagger is a walk-off hit. Read this as you’re waiting for The Black Box to arrive. I have to go order mine now.

Review #2

Mulholland Dive audiobook

Michael Connelly is one of, if not the, best contemporary fiction writers. Unlike many popular authors who have one or two good novels in them and then hash out a series of poorly written books to satisfy the publishers, Connelly continues to improve with every work. In this trio of previously published short stories, he once again proves he has the chops. If you have ever written or studied short stories, you’ve probably read “The Gift of the Magi,” by O. Henry, in my mind the best short story I’ve ever read. I read it in high school over 40 years ago, and it never left my mind. The quality of Connelly’s sort fiction writing mirrors and matches O. Henry’s talent. In this trio, Connelly has created three precise stories that in different ways show us the universal truth of life’s bittersweet ironies. No complicated plots here; just life saying, “Watch this.” I’m so grateful he’s so young and still working so hard to improve his already superior craft. Thank you, Michael!

Review #3

Audiobook Mulholland Dive by Michael Connelly

I am a pretty big Mike Connelly fan but I figure you have already guessed that because he prefers I call him Mike! I picked up Mulholland Drive mainly because I have read everything Mike has written minus the Harry Bosch stuff. I know that is a lot of writing I’ve missed but I have had a hard time getting into Harry. For some reason he bugs me and in my minds eye I picture this old cranky cop who always smells like cigarettes and black coffee. I love the Lincoln Lawyer series. I also loved The Poet, The Scarecrow and most of everything Mike has written. Maybe I will come around and like Harry. Anyway the Mulholland Drive series was just ok. Not great not terrible. In the end I would rate Mulholland Drive 2.7 Stars. Sorry Mike! Drinks are on me the next time we go to Vegas!!!

Review #4

Audio Mulholland Dive narrated by David W. Collins

Yes, it was cheap. Yes, it does contain 3 stories by MC (albeit, none involve Harry Bosch) but I felt cheated when the stories took up only 48 of the 100 Kindle pages and the remainder was made up of a substantial extract of another MC book. I am of course used to finding a chapter of another novel by a writer tagged on at the end of a Kindle book and often welcome it. However, I did not buy at 100 page book to find that the largest part was a promo for another. Poor tactics on the part of the publisher.

p.s. The stories were ok but did not remove the feeling of having been cheated on this one – not in terms of money but in the time and expectation that I had invested in the book.

Review #5

Free audio Mulholland Dive – in the audio player below

Mulholland Drive is the first set of short stories I have read by Michael Connelly and I am sorry to say that even though he is one of my favourite authors, I was slightly disappointed by them on two counts:
1. The title provided on the Amazon website, ‘Mulholland Drive: Three stories (Harry Bosch)’, is potentially misleading. None of the three short stories have any reference to Harry Bosch. However, 51% of this book consists of the prologue and first three chapters of the novel ‘The Black Box’ which does feature Harry Bosch.
2. I feel each of the three short stories, while well written, do not reflect the quality of story-telling I have come to expect from Michael Connelly based on his full length novels I have read to date. These short stories are less engaging and only just held my interest.
However, on a more positive note, ‘Mulholland Drive’ story is the most interesting of the three short stories as it covers an aspect of police work (crime reconstruction) that I do not recall seeing in any of the 20 or so Michael Connelly full-length novels I have read to date.
So, to summarise, do not buy this book if you are expecting to read three Harry Bosch short stories. If you have already read a number of Michael Connelly’s full length stories featuring either Harry Bosch or Mickey Haller (or both) then you may, like me, be slightly disappointed by this set of short stories as they do not live up to the expectations we have come to expect from Michael Connelly’s fuller-length novels.

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