2-3-4 Challenge Book Discussions #1 discussion

What did you think of the story? Any other topics you'd like to talk about?

Overall I liked the story, but I thought there was a little too much filler in this one. It seemed like there was a little too much description of surroundings, or description of old cases, in this one. I know Connelly wants to give us some atmosphere, but I just kept thinking "lets get on with it."

Did anyone look up Hieronymous Bosch's art work? I googled him and tried to look at some of his paintings on line. They were very small, but it certainly looked like there was lots of detail. I can understand when the lady from the museum said she once viewed one of his paintings for four hours. If I was actually interested in his work, it would probably take that long to look the painting over thoroughly.

Wow! I just googled him and the paintings I looked at were very provocative. I'm with you, Robin. I could look at these for hours, too.

This is a project I still need to do! I was actually very interested in the medieval iconography that Bosch reflected.

I spent a lot of time looking up Bosch's paintings.

While I'm enjoying the books, Connelly's writing is too long winded on the internal musings of the characters and the long philosophical descriptions of scenery. He needs to get to the point more quickly because the first 50% of most of his books are boring.

I was familiar with Bosch's paintings before I ever knew of this series. I was kinda looking forward to a story where the paintings served the basis for a case.

I love the author's use and descriptions of LA locations in these stories. I lived in LA for many years, and I love revisiting all those memories through the descriptions in these stories. I dragged my kids to the Bradbury Building and the Getty when we went to California on vacation.