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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
Adictivo desde la primera página. La imagen que tenía de Rizzoli no era muy buena tras leer el cuarto libro de la serie, pero este libro me ha ayudado a saber más de ella, entender como es y como se muestra.
El misterioso Dean del FBI. Su compañero Barry Frost, su otro compañero por poco tiempo Korzac. Conocemos un poco más sobre la forense Maura Isles y entrevemos la futura colaboración entre las dos.
Así como el autor de sus pesadillas, el psicópata del libro anterior. Pero ahora no esta solo. Tiene a un compañero de aventuras. Un hermano que disfruta con las mismas cosas, la caza, el infligir miedo y dolor. Pero el dominador lleva mucho tiempo en esto, así que el Cirujano se convertirá en su aprendiz.
Deseando leer el siguiente libro.
Este libro me sirve para la premisa de "Asesino serial" dentro del reto del #cozyween de @evitalecturitas
El misterioso Dean del FBI. Su compañero Barry Frost, su otro compañero por poco tiempo Korzac. Conocemos un poco más sobre la forense Maura Isles y entrevemos la futura colaboración entre las dos.
Así como el autor de sus pesadillas, el psicópata del libro anterior. Pero ahora no esta solo. Tiene a un compañero de aventuras. Un hermano que disfruta con las mismas cosas, la caza, el infligir miedo y dolor. Pero el dominador lleva mucho tiempo en esto, así que el Cirujano se convertirá en su aprendiz.
Deseando leer el siguiente libro.
Este libro me sirve para la premisa de "Asesino serial" dentro del reto del #cozyween de @evitalecturitas
I didn't like this book. Spoilers will follow, but this book does not even merit a spoiler cut, it was so disappointing.
Gerritsen's writing continued to be not quite as good as I wanted it, her lingering, sexualized descriptions of murder and violence disturbed me enough to pull me out of the narrative, and the overall arch of her story ended in a way that, once again, made it impossible to guess the unsub before her big reveal.
There was also a tasteless, out-of-place sex scene that apparently made Rizzoli magically fall in love with Agent Dean. I was not impressed.
And, okay, look. There are certain rules when you write a mystery, okay? One of them is that your unsub has to have a connection of some kind to another character in the story. This book completely sets up Agent Dean with all the classic markers that point to him as a suspect. All of them. I am not kidding, literally everything he did from the moment he showed up pointed to his being the Dominator. But instead the Dominator was some dude we'd never even heard of who drove a limo. What even???? I am all for red herrings and throwing readers off the scent and shit, but seriously? This is twice now where the conclusion to her novel has made no sense without either privileged knowledge not given to the reader, or a magical window into the author's brain.
I'm just so done with Gerritsen, and with Rizzoli and Isles. I can't actually deal with this level of horribly bad mystery novels. Nope, done, no more.
Gerritsen's writing continued to be not quite as good as I wanted it, her lingering, sexualized descriptions of murder and violence disturbed me enough to pull me out of the narrative, and the overall arch of her story ended in a way that, once again, made it impossible to guess the unsub before her big reveal.
There was also a tasteless, out-of-place sex scene that apparently made Rizzoli magically fall in love with Agent Dean. I was not impressed.
And, okay, look. There are certain rules when you write a mystery, okay? One of them is that your unsub has to have a connection of some kind to another character in the story. This book completely sets up Agent Dean with all the classic markers that point to him as a suspect. All of them. I am not kidding, literally everything he did from the moment he showed up pointed to his being the Dominator. But instead the Dominator was some dude we'd never even heard of who drove a limo. What even???? I am all for red herrings and throwing readers off the scent and shit, but seriously? This is twice now where the conclusion to her novel has made no sense without either privileged knowledge not given to the reader, or a magical window into the author's brain.
I'm just so done with Gerritsen, and with Rizzoli and Isles. I can't actually deal with this level of horribly bad mystery novels. Nope, done, no more.
This book seems to be what the show is based on, in the same sense that a Disney movie is based off of whatever character gets top billing.
Ignoring the weird show/novel comparison , I really liked the story here. Rizzoli narrates a large chunk of the novel, which I liked, and there was good character development. Between the title and the show, the twist didn't come as much of a surprise, but the story still maintained good tension. I would definitely recommend this one.
Ignoring the weird show/novel comparison , I really liked the story here. Rizzoli narrates a large chunk of the novel, which I liked, and there was good character development. Between the title and the show, the twist didn't come as much of a surprise, but the story still maintained good tension. I would definitely recommend this one.
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
dark
mysterious
tense
Nice thriller. My favorite scene was when the Surgeon escaped from prison.
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I was enjoying the complexity of the plot until the ending came flying at me out of nowhere. It was like the author suddenly realized deadline was RIGHT NOW AT THIS VERY SECOND. Most disappointing.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book is WAY better than the first. Isles is actually in this one, but far from the costar of the show. Jane’s family is verbally and emotionally abusive toward her. Period. All of them, but especially her mother. This is not the lovable, slightly overprotective Angela from the show. This is a monster and her monster sons - wholly irredeemable. If this were set 10 years later, Jane would have gone no contact long ago.
Gerritsen wants readers to believe that 30-somethings in 2002 couldn’t work or program a VCR which is ridiculously far from reality. The references to the war in Kosovo (I still remember where I was when I first heard about bombs being dropped over Kosovo) and home fax machines complete the story’s placement in time. I still don’t know why they have pagers AND cell phones, seeing that by 2002 pagers were no longer used professionally, even by drug dealers (the only people still using them, or so they jokes said, at that point).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Murder
Minor: Transphobia
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated