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silea's review against another edition
3.0
Really enjoyed book 3, so i came back to the start of the series. This book was fine, but not great. If i didn't already know book 3 was good i don't know if i would have continued the series, but it is, so i will. On to book 2...
janiecrouch's review against another edition
5.0
Great suspense book/FBI procedural. Can't wait to get my hands on more of [a:Elizabeth Heiter|7114626|Elizabeth Heiter|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1380299553p2/7114626.jpg]'s books. Will be starting [b:Vanished|22309818|Vanished (The Profiler #2)|Elizabeth Heiter|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1412544433s/22309818.jpg|41700946] tonight
jpmrrtx's review against another edition
4.0
This is the first book I've read by this author and I enjoyed it. Typically in the first book of a series things move a little slowly as you meet the various characters and get the background that will carry through the rest of the series. That was done very smoothly here and I'm looking forward to catching back up with these characters in the next book.
jaimewrites's review against another edition
1.0
I don't often one-star books, but this is one of the rare ones that irritated me enough to qualify. Mostly because it could have been so much more, if the characters weren't written to be so unintelligent in service of the plot. The heroine made so many terrible decisions that I started to wonder how she made it through FBI training. And all the other FBI agents were either a) perfect paragons of manhood or b) assholes who were more interested in being mean to the heroine than doing their jobs. (Except for her boss, who I started to feel sorry for by the end, because clearly this heroine wasn't emotionally equipped to do her job properly.)
The author has a nice writing style, and a good sense of tension in the action/suspense scenes. And to be honest, I can almost see what she was trying to accomplish with the heroine and her emotional trauma. But it didn't work for me at all. I just ended up extremely disappointed by the string of awful decisions, both the heroine's and everyone else's, that led to the climax of the book. The plot idea deserved better.
The author has a nice writing style, and a good sense of tension in the action/suspense scenes. And to be honest, I can almost see what she was trying to accomplish with the heroine and her emotional trauma. But it didn't work for me at all. I just ended up extremely disappointed by the string of awful decisions, both the heroine's and everyone else's, that led to the climax of the book. The plot idea deserved better.
ncrabb's review against another edition
3.0
It's clearly the nasty rut into which I've fallen, but I'm so, so tired of books where the female protagonist feels constantly insecure and so vulnerable that she must at all times never show a nanosecond's worth of vulnerability or even much of a human emotion aside from a kind of hybrid manly prickliness that goes away when the muscle-bound gun-waving cop or special agent boyfriend rescues her. I get insecurity, trust me. I have a unique understanding of how assumptions and biases in the workplace can be a nasty current through which to swim. But sometimes, it gets a bit much even for me to read these books where the female protagonist behaves all-too predictably.
When she was a child, Evelyn Baine's best friend was kidnapped and never heard from again. It was clear, based on the note the kidnapper left, that Evelyn was to have been taken along with her friend or in place of her. That knowledge, combined with Evelyn's burning desire to solve her friend's case, drove her to become an FBI profiler--not just any profiler, but one of the best.
She is given a case to solve that is particularly horrifying. She must help capture the Bakersville Burier, so named because he leaves his victims half buried in the woods with their heads showing after he has carved perfect circles in their chests.
Lest anyone assume I'm somehow unfair or overly harsh regarding the Evelyn Baine character, I should assure you that I actually liked her a great deal. She is a woman of mixed race who, by virtue of her intelligence and work ethic, earned the respect of her fellow agents, even that of a condescending supervisor who threatens to pull her from the case because of her emotional involvement in it.
But Evelyn has a right to be somewhat emotionally involved in the case. She was temporarily abducted by the Bakersville Burier, drugged, and almost killed. But her own knowledge of how suspects like this one would behave and her hours of endurance training helped her escape and return to her job.
But the killer isn't done with her. He's biding his time, waiting, watching, until that moment when the hunter will become the hunted.
I enjoyed this book enough to want to read the second book in the series, which I suspect I'll get to soon. I didn't predict in advance who the Bakersville Burier was, and I had the book speeded up to my player's maximum potential in an effort to get to the end without prolonged hyperventilation. Elizabeth Heiter is a talented author who knows how to lubricate the plot with just the right amount of creepiness factor to keep you turning pages.
When she was a child, Evelyn Baine's best friend was kidnapped and never heard from again. It was clear, based on the note the kidnapper left, that Evelyn was to have been taken along with her friend or in place of her. That knowledge, combined with Evelyn's burning desire to solve her friend's case, drove her to become an FBI profiler--not just any profiler, but one of the best.
She is given a case to solve that is particularly horrifying. She must help capture the Bakersville Burier, so named because he leaves his victims half buried in the woods with their heads showing after he has carved perfect circles in their chests.
Lest anyone assume I'm somehow unfair or overly harsh regarding the Evelyn Baine character, I should assure you that I actually liked her a great deal. She is a woman of mixed race who, by virtue of her intelligence and work ethic, earned the respect of her fellow agents, even that of a condescending supervisor who threatens to pull her from the case because of her emotional involvement in it.
But Evelyn has a right to be somewhat emotionally involved in the case. She was temporarily abducted by the Bakersville Burier, drugged, and almost killed. But her own knowledge of how suspects like this one would behave and her hours of endurance training helped her escape and return to her job.
But the killer isn't done with her. He's biding his time, waiting, watching, until that moment when the hunter will become the hunted.
I enjoyed this book enough to want to read the second book in the series, which I suspect I'll get to soon. I didn't predict in advance who the Bakersville Burier was, and I had the book speeded up to my player's maximum potential in an effort to get to the end without prolonged hyperventilation. Elizabeth Heiter is a talented author who knows how to lubricate the plot with just the right amount of creepiness factor to keep you turning pages.
catiandrah's review against another edition
2.0
I really did not enjoy this book. I read it to the end to give it a good chance, but I will not be reading any more of this series or this author.
This is the author's debut book, and it was definitely obvious. Much of the writing came across as juvenile (not badly written, just obviously written by an inexperienced author). Characters in the book had voices that "quivered with hope"
This is the author's debut book, and it was definitely obvious. Much of the writing came across as juvenile (not badly written, just obviously written by an inexperienced author). Characters in the book had voices that "quivered with hope"
clara_dalstein's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
4.5
J'étais dans le mood pour lire un bon thriller et je n'ai pas été déçue ! Esprits Criminels mais version bouquin ! J'ai beaucoup aimé l'histoire dans son ensemble. J'ai vraiment accroché avec le personnage de Evelyn j'ai beaucoup aimé l'évolution du personnage, j'ai hâte dans savoir plus sur l'histoire avec sa meilleure amie dans le deuxième "tomes" de la série/saga. J'ai également hâte de voir comment la relation entre Evelyn et Kyle va évoluer . C'est une histoire avec un rythme effréné, je ne me suis pas ennuyée une seule seconde. J'ai beaucoup aimé les points de vues du tueur.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Rape, Sexism, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Death, Misogyny, Body horror, and Stalking
caitlinxmartin's review against another edition
3.0
Hunted is a pretty decent debut novel about a female BAU profiler with a haunted past, an ongoing case, and a potential romance. Evelyn Baine, our heroine, is what most heroines in this genre are - tough, vulnerable, a little stiff, a bit put-upon, striving a little too hard for the respect of her male counterparts.
When Evelyn is called in to assist with the hunt for the Bakersville Burier, she encounters a villain whose gruesome killings may be related to the death of her childhood best friend, Cassie. Evelyn is quickly drawn into the investigation and the book moves along at a good clip. Enlivened by its secondary characters, including Kyle (the handsome HRT squad member), Evelyn's story is a good first outing. Good writing and plotting and good pace, I enjoyed the read although it didn't stay with me and there's nothing that really makes Hunted a stand-out in this very crowded genre.
When Evelyn is called in to assist with the hunt for the Bakersville Burier, she encounters a villain whose gruesome killings may be related to the death of her childhood best friend, Cassie. Evelyn is quickly drawn into the investigation and the book moves along at a good clip. Enlivened by its secondary characters, including Kyle (the handsome HRT squad member), Evelyn's story is a good first outing. Good writing and plotting and good pace, I enjoyed the read although it didn't stay with me and there's nothing that really makes Hunted a stand-out in this very crowded genre.