Void Moon

Michael Connelly is a master of crime thrillers.

3 1/2 rounded up. Fairly predictable plot, some one dimensional characters (besides Cassie and March), and a lot more violent than my usual reads, but Michael Connelly sure knows how to tell a story. I listened to the audiobook and the time just flew by! Very entertaining despite the flaws mentioned above. Maybe because I'm going to Vegas next week myself...

The plot and characters in this one come off a bit too straight-forward or cookie-cutter and the story beats do very little to separate things from that which we've seen before. While the writing doesn't ‘pull its punches' and moves at a solid pace, many of the reveals (and even the ending) feel a bit lackluster or even moderately predictable. This leaves very little mystery and intrigue until some over-the-top motivations are haphazardly revealed at the very end. Even the main premise, while efforting to be grandiose with its adjacent story threads, falls a little flat when the main event is centered around robbing someone while they sleep.