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This series has really started to take a turn for the very implausible, and I'm really hoping it comes back from this. Obviously, I'm suspending my disbelief when I read these books, but this one was a bit much with the satanism plotline and people jaunting around the world. I just don't think that's really a thing. Anyway, even when the plots are questionable, the characters are generally good, though I felt like Jane and her family had so many random side plots that didn't really seem to matter. I'm curious to see what the rest of the series is like.

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chrisburton's review against another edition

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dark informative mysterious reflective tense fast-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

4.0

dancemaster's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

bex2271's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

jimbowen0306's review against another edition

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3.0

Given that I'm proud to say that I'm a bit of a science nerd, I wanted to like "The Mephisto Club," but Tess Gerritsen, which I finished today. Sadly, I can't say I did.

In this book, the police and medical examiner are chasing a killer who violently dismembers his victims. Along the way they meet members of "The Mephisto Foundation," who have strange views about how to define the personification of evil, but who think they can help the police all the same.

You're left under no illusions who the killer probably is pretty early on, so the question posed by the book probably isn't "whodunit?" but more "is there more than one way to define mad?"

Personally I felt that the question left me cold. I didn't really care what happened to members of the police, medical examiners staff or foundation. Don't get me wrong I don't mind answering existential questions, but I only mind answering them when I care about the answer, and I didn't care here.

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