Darkness, Take My Hand (Patrick Kenzie/Angela Gennaro Novels)
by Dennis Lehane

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Book Review: "A Drink Before the War" was better.
Summary: 4 Stars

Don't get me wrong - I like violence, as long as I don't have to participate in it or watch it. But in this book, there was just too much. Towards the end I found myself wondering how Lehane could possibly surpass, in quantity and quality, all the gore that piled up throughout the book, and, when I finally got there, I felt the finale was more contrived than horrifying.

Having said this, I did like the treatment of the father-son theme, which evolved from "A Drink" into something far more sinister in "Darkness." And I think I know why I was disappointed by this book, not because it isn't as good as the first, but because an earlier reviewer of "Darkness" mentioned that in it Kenzie came to terms with his father, and thus himself. I did not see this. How anyone could come to terms with someone like the father who is revealed in this book is beyond me.

I will certainly read on, and I am sure this series will continue to surprise and horrify me and give me pleasure. I have never tired of Spenser, but I did stop reading Stephanie Plum because after four books I just didn't care about her any more, and I got tired of the supporting cast. Lehane, please do not do this to us, because you are far too good a writer to let this happen.

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