John Connolly's Charlie Parker series - any readers/fans here? [View all]

A friend at work gave me a paperback copy of The Wrath of Angels (#12 in the Charlie Parker series) for a Christmas gift. She knows I like mysteries, but she's not a reader herself, so she asked at a bookstore for recommendations of new mystery books and this was one of the books the clerk recommended.

I was not familiar with either the author or the series, so this was totally new to me. Well, I read it, even though I could tell from the back cover blurb that this was decidedly NOT the sort of book I would ever pick out for myself. I like police procedurals, I don't like "thrillers" or horror/weird supernatural stuff.

There's no doubt that John Connolly is very good at crafting prose, and I enjoyed some of the characters and the Maine setting, but I won't be seeking out any other books in this series and I'll donate the book to our breakroom paperback collection. It was just too unrelentingly dark and depressing, and bloody - with totally unpleasant and twisted metaphysics.

But that's just my opinion. I'm curious if there's anyone here who is into this series.