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gram06's review against another edition
3.0
It was difficult to get into the book and it dragged a little too long. I enjoyed the book.
writerlibrarian's review against another edition
2.0
It's not strange how being older and not wiser but more aware makes someone a more critical reader. It's still a good novel but there are pieces of it that made me want to spit and hurl my Kindle across the room. My memories of Alex Delaware were good and I was in my late twenties, early thirties when I first read this series so all the macho posturing and sexist remarks probably annoyed me but I must have let it go. This time, well, I kept reading because I love Milo, Doctor Delaware I would gladly send him on his way. I know why I had stopped reading the later books but now, I'm not revisiting the earlier one any time soon.
So the plot, it's about child molesters and entitled white men that think because they have power, money they can use up children. That's the plot in a nutshell. I've read better novels with the same plot, John Morgan Wilson does a much better job and makes you care unlike Kellerman who made me want to smack Alex around.
2 stars because of Milo and only because of Milo.
So the plot, it's about child molesters and entitled white men that think because they have power, money they can use up children. That's the plot in a nutshell. I've read better novels with the same plot, John Morgan Wilson does a much better job and makes you care unlike Kellerman who made me want to smack Alex around.
2 stars because of Milo and only because of Milo.
nikkibee's review against another edition
3.0
A book which is very much a product of its time and it works very well.
asphaltcowgrrl's review against another edition
4.0
Wow, was this book disturbing on so many levels. But a great mystery, well-written and action packed for sure. Alex is a bit careless,a litte reckless, but a good guy. And Milo. My gods, MILO! LOL Don't blame him one bit though. Odd side note: the dinner double-date at the end made me cry. Why? I have no idea, but it did.
Definitely going to read more of this series.
Definitely going to read more of this series.
singinglupines's review against another edition
2.0
This book dates itself. I kept finding myself jolted out of the story by the offensive phrasing used throughout the book against anyone who was not straight, white, and male. You can expect rampant sexism and offensive things to be said about Mexican, Hispanic, Latin, and Japanese people, mentally and physically disabled children, women, gay people, and people suffering from schizoid disorders and tremors.
I was hoping for a sensitive story where a child psychologist helps some children and in the process solves crimes - that is not what this book is expect for in the beginning of the story when he is helping Melody.
Story itself was okay (except the odd use of hypnosis which feels much more like a cognitive interview), but laws were broken left and right with no consequences. Both Alex and Milo do some reprehensible actions at the end while acting as law enforcement and there is no fallout. Ending is extremely abrupt, no resolution discussed for all the traumatized children.
I was hoping for a sensitive story where a child psychologist helps some children and in the process solves crimes - that is not what this book is expect for in the beginning of the story when he is helping Melody.
Story itself was okay (except the odd use of hypnosis which feels much more like a cognitive interview), but laws were broken left and right with no consequences. Both Alex and Milo do some reprehensible actions at the end while acting as law enforcement and there is no fallout. Ending is extremely abrupt, no resolution discussed for all the traumatized children.
margo666's review against another edition
3.0
When I originally read this I gave it a 5 * rating, as a reread it came nowhere close. This could be because A) it seems dated B) I vaugely remembered the plot C) I recently heard that this author isn't nice to his fans. I know that none of these things should influence my rating, but lets face it, they do!