What did you think about the technology in the book (dial-up internet connections, faxes, pagers, landline phones, and digital cameras)? It definitely dates the book, but does it affect the story? 'The Poet' is Connelly’s 5th novel, published in 1996.Connelly has said when asked which of his books is his favorites, “I like The Poet a lot because it sort of tweaks the expected standards of the thriller genre.” Do you agree? How do you think he does this?.Feel free to use them in your discussion groups. I didn’t think the questions on Goodreads would be enough for a one-hour discussion with my club, nor did I love all the questions already available, so as I continued to read, I wrote out a few of my own. I also found some fun trivia questions on the site: In preparing to be presenter, which it turned out I was not, I started looking for discussion questions. I liked this story well enough to add it to my shelf of Mysteries I’d Recommend on Goodreads. I’m looking forward to diving into his Harry Bosch series, as well as reading what happens next to Jack McEvoy in “The Scarecrow”. While I felt the characters were each a bit underdeveloped, especially the main character, Jack McEvoy, (I actually felt like FBI Agent Rachel Walling was better developed and would read her story next if she had one dedicated to her – do you hear me Michael Connelly? Give Rachel her own book!) I loved the story and became an instant Connelly fan for his style of writing. I ended up taking a long lunch and finished the book ten minutes before the meeting.

The mystery is involved, the writing has a literary flair, and there are a fair amount of characters that the reader needs to keep straight.

It’s not the sort of story that you can just breeze through.

I’m actually a very fast reader, but yes, that was cutting it close for that particular novel. About a week before the meeting, one of the other club members asked if I had finished the book yet, and when I said I had only gotten in a couple chapters, he looked at me in surprise and exclaimed, “But I thought you were presenting! Cutting it kind of close, aren’t you?” Last week we read “ The Poet” by Michael Connelly, a crime mystery/thriller, in book club.

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