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jimbowen0306's review against another edition
3.0
Karin Slaughter has written 2 series of crime novels, the "Grant County" series, staring police chief Jeffrey Toliver, detective Lena Adams, and medical examiner Sara Linton. After 6 books, she started the "Will Trent" series, focusing more on the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) investigator Will Trent, with Grant County characters appearing pretty regularly.
In this book, there's a prison riot, and the GBI step in to investigate the murder that occurs during the chaos. While there, interviewing inmates, they uncover a potential cover up in Grant County (a prisoner claims innocence, and will only pass on the information he knows if they investigate his case), which pushes them back into the potentially murky doings of Toliver, Adams, and Linton.
In the Grant County books, Toliver has to balance the saintly Linton with the... rule shaver(?) Adams. Usually Slaughter leaves it to the reader to decide on which side they fall. I won't lie, I'm more of an Adams fan. She's a hot mess much of the time, but she's... a more recognisable human being than the saintly Linton. In this book, however, Slaughter tries hard to paint Adams in a bad light (she presented as incompetent, stupid, or crooked), which infuriated me no end.
If you can get over how she's treated, you'll probably like the book more than I did.
In this book, there's a prison riot, and the GBI step in to investigate the murder that occurs during the chaos. While there, interviewing inmates, they uncover a potential cover up in Grant County (a prisoner claims innocence, and will only pass on the information he knows if they investigate his case), which pushes them back into the potentially murky doings of Toliver, Adams, and Linton.
In the Grant County books, Toliver has to balance the saintly Linton with the... rule shaver(?) Adams. Usually Slaughter leaves it to the reader to decide on which side they fall. I won't lie, I'm more of an Adams fan. She's a hot mess much of the time, but she's... a more recognisable human being than the saintly Linton. In this book, however, Slaughter tries hard to paint Adams in a bad light (she presented as incompetent, stupid, or crooked), which infuriated me no end.
If you can get over how she's treated, you'll probably like the book more than I did.
rachel2325's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
actual_trash's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-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? No
4.5
senkahawke's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
rappity_ann's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
gemma_hanlon1's review against another edition
There were too many characters and I couldn’t keep up. I think if I had read the will Trent books before this one it might have been easier to keep up with everyone.
abookreadernamedmorgan's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
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? No
4.5
veraann's review against another edition
5.0
Will Trent #10
Suspense with some romance
I love the realness when it comes to the relationships in this series. The suspense is great. It is very dark and graphic content though. I do not mind it but it might be too much for many people so be warned before picking up this or Grant County series of books. They are dark and not even all the relationships are great or happy or bright parts of the books, though sometimes there are some bright spots.
Though the case is not a carryover and even some of the relationships are written in a way that you don't neccessarily need the background from previous books it does help to have read the series in order to understand the connections and the journey these characters have been on in their lives. It is probably very obvious for many who the bad guy is from the beginning, there is just some things that stand out but "everyone is a suspect". There's many times that it makes you think, did I even meet the bad guy? Is it one of these guys? Nooo it cant be? can it?... it was great and I liked the suspense and thought about that. I also appreciate some of the focus being on the aftermath of crimes and the effect it can have on detectives, victims and their family.
Suspense with some romance
I love the realness when it comes to the relationships in this series. The suspense is great. It is very dark and graphic content though. I do not mind it but it might be too much for many people so be warned before picking up this or Grant County series of books. They are dark and not even all the relationships are great or happy or bright parts of the books, though sometimes there are some bright spots.
Though the case is not a carryover and even some of the relationships are written in a way that you don't neccessarily need the background from previous books it does help to have read the series in order to understand the connections and the journey these characters have been on in their lives. It is probably very obvious for many who the bad guy is from the beginning, there is just some things that stand out but "everyone is a suspect". There's many times that it makes you think, did I even meet the bad guy? Is it one of these guys? Nooo it cant be? can it?... it was great and I liked the suspense and thought about that. I also appreciate some of the focus being on the aftermath of crimes and the effect it can have on detectives, victims and their family.