Reviews for Once Were Cops

The average rating for Once Were Cops based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-03-08 00:00:00 Eric Pomminville [ When Shea is set up'told that his victim has awoken from her coma and is about to be interviewed about the attack'he's easily taken in by the lie, even though he's supposedly the most cunning character in the novel. Although I recognized the possibility that he could be so distraught at leaving a loose end that he wasn't thinking clearly, I didn't find the ease with which he was deceived to be true to his character. Also, he's billed as a calculating sociopath, and those types don't often let emotions get the better of them. Honestly, this conclusion feels like a rushed way to tie up what was an otherwise well-crafted story. And on a more practical note, the fact that Shea is shot and killed in the end raises a technical question: Where did his first person, past-tense reflections come from? When he thinks things like, "They'd missed the beads, stupid f***s, with all that came after, that would have proved their case… dumb b*stards." When does he have time to reflect and narrate "all that came after," if he is shot and killed before realizing that "the jig is up"? The epilogue is similarly poor, in my opinion. It creates more questions than it answers, setting up a cliffhanger that is more properly suited to a television drama than the conclusion of a novel. Instead of tying up the loose ends and showing us how the characters have progressed beyond the narrative present, as is common for an epilogue, Bruen seems instead to be conveniently positioning his next novel. (hide spoiler)]

Review # 2 was written on 2019-10-16 00:00:00 Brandon Montgomery Just incredible, hope to write a full review shortly.