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cbressler80's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
ladybugwrites's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
It's been a while since I last read a Karin Slaughter book (and I have only ever read one other). I do wonder if these books would be better if I read the series in chronological order, but idk and it doesn't matter. They're still relatively well-written and exciting books.
And like every other crime novel, this fits exactly what it's trying to be. It has an intriguing plot of murder, there's relations, there's the specific intrigue with our main character and bla bla bla. It does a lot of things very well, and I had a good time.
However, it is fucking detail oriented. I think you could get the same story out of this book in 200 less pages if you just, drop a few of the details. I get that a lot of it is important, but some 100 pages worth of details aren't. I assure you. And a few pages was just a complete repeat of something I'd already read just with a few added pieces of information and names you're not supposed to know which I thought was just boring and kinda lazy. I didn't need it.
And in the end, well, I really just wanted the book to end. I didn't really care that much anymore. To some degree, the edning also felt a little lazy but it wasn't bad. I liked the overall story, I just don't think I liked it as much as the other one I read or I might just have different tastes after it's been possibly almost 10 years since I read the last one. Hard to tell.
And like every other crime novel, this fits exactly what it's trying to be. It has an intriguing plot of murder, there's relations, there's the specific intrigue with our main character and bla bla bla. It does a lot of things very well, and I had a good time.
However, it is fucking detail oriented. I think you could get the same story out of this book in 200 less pages if you just, drop a few of the details. I get that a lot of it is important, but some 100 pages worth of details aren't. I assure you. And a few pages was just a complete repeat of something I'd already read just with a few added pieces of information and names you're not supposed to know which I thought was just boring and kinda lazy. I didn't need it.
And in the end, well, I really just wanted the book to end. I didn't really care that much anymore. To some degree, the edning also felt a little lazy but it wasn't bad. I liked the overall story, I just don't think I liked it as much as the other one I read or I might just have different tastes after it's been possibly almost 10 years since I read the last one. Hard to tell.
jimbowen0306's review against another edition
4.0
I found this book enjoyable. It sees a former police officer found, murdered, with a door handle in his neck, in one of those spiffy new developments in Atlanta. Will Trent, and the GBI, have an intense interest in one of the developers of said building, so they fancy another go around with the guy.
The story is gross (Karen Slaughter has a… vivid imagination?), but it rattles along at a decent clip, and addresses topics that were seen as relevant when published. Some might dislike #MeToo, but this book handles it decently.
My one grumble would be that Slaughter likes to have 3 central(ish) characters. One is “good”, one is a handful. Trent has to balance the two. She’s done this before, but in this series, the handful is a step short of crazy town, which makes it harder to like. I get that this is a book, but it does feel like Slaughter is trying to hard to get us to like the ”good character” more.
The story is gross (Karen Slaughter has a… vivid imagination?), but it rattles along at a decent clip, and addresses topics that were seen as relevant when published. Some might dislike #MeToo, but this book handles it decently.
My one grumble would be that Slaughter likes to have 3 central(ish) characters. One is “good”, one is a handful. Trent has to balance the two. She’s done this before, but in this series, the handful is a step short of crazy town, which makes it harder to like. I get that this is a book, but it does feel like Slaughter is trying to hard to get us to like the ”good character” more.
thebookaddict's review against another edition
Ik kon er niet inkomen, dus hij gaat voor nu terug op mijn tbr en ik ga hem later nog een keer lezen
probably_confused's review against another edition
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
brittwake22's review
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
rappity_ann's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
hirvimaki's review
3.0
Slaughter is a heavy writer. She freely admits that she thinks readers would not be satisfied with a "happy ending". A certain level of drama, agony, dread, and angst fuel her stories and give a kind of dark realism that happily-ever-afters do not have. However...this was a little too much angst for me. This was nihilism. And...ugliness. Don't get me wrong, it was well written, but there was a little too much grit and sorrow and hopelessness without any foil of hope. I do prefer a bit of happy. In fact, I prefer a lot of happy. Take me through the fires of hell, but put something good on the other side otherwise what's the point. This had no joy or redemption that I could find. So, although I did think this was a good tale, that Slaughter is a very good story teller, it left me feeling empty at the conclusion. For that I knocked off one star. C'mon! Slaughter, give us a little happy. Just a smidge.
abookreadernamedmorgan's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0