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3.6 AVERAGE
3.6 AVERAGE
Over 20 years ago, I never missed the opportunity to read the newest Alex Delaware. Then, for some reason I just kinda quit. So after a long hiatus, I'm back and glad I am. I have missed Kellerman's writing and the likes of Alex and Milo.
In Rage, Delaware receives a phone call from a troubled young man who 8 years previously with another kid, kidnapped and killed a toddler. Having just been released the young man, Rand, wants to meet and talk with Delaware who consulted on the earlier murder case. Delaware agrees only to be stood up. Later he finds out from Milo that the young man was killed that night.
Flashbacks to the earlier time as well as the new investigation moving forward dominate the story line.
Once Milo and Alex start digging, things just start to not add up and there are more questions than answers that stretch back to the original murder. Through sheer perseverance and much hypothesizing, the duo begin to make sense of the convoluted timeline and come to realize that there well may be a serial killer on the loose. Thrown into the mix is Alex's relationship with another Psychiatrist as well as the possible reemergence of Robyn, and things are getting interesting.
Looking forward to reestablishing my relationship with these two.
In Rage, Delaware receives a phone call from a troubled young man who 8 years previously with another kid, kidnapped and killed a toddler. Having just been released the young man, Rand, wants to meet and talk with Delaware who consulted on the earlier murder case. Delaware agrees only to be stood up. Later he finds out from Milo that the young man was killed that night.
Flashbacks to the earlier time as well as the new investigation moving forward dominate the story line.
Once Milo and Alex start digging, things just start to not add up and there are more questions than answers that stretch back to the original murder. Through sheer perseverance and much hypothesizing, the duo begin to make sense of the convoluted timeline and come to realize that there well may be a serial killer on the loose. Thrown into the mix is Alex's relationship with another Psychiatrist as well as the possible reemergence of Robyn, and things are getting interesting.
Looking forward to reestablishing my relationship with these two.
Pre-review thoughts
Again Jonathan Kellerman gives us a brutal, winner of a thriller. It opens with a classic line where Alex, while watching a baseball game, gets a call from a murderer who has been released. Juveniles when they committed the crime of killing a 2 year old child, the mystery starts after the fact when the boy (now a man) is found dead. The story keeps adding on more horrors, and more victims, in a truly sick psychopathic villain who stands out unique in the many ways he's really sick (and it's more than straightforward murder, blech). A different ending with this type where the two aren't always in the pursuit of law if justice has been served already. It's a good mystery with many layers; the villain is known for awhile, but more investigating and leads are covered for awhile before the ending.
Again Jonathan Kellerman gives us a brutal, winner of a thriller. It opens with a classic line where Alex, while watching a baseball game, gets a call from a murderer who has been released. Juveniles when they committed the crime of killing a 2 year old child, the mystery starts after the fact when the boy (now a man) is found dead. The story keeps adding on more horrors, and more victims, in a truly sick psychopathic villain who stands out unique in the many ways he's really sick (and it's more than straightforward murder, blech). A different ending with this type where the two aren't always in the pursuit of law if justice has been served already. It's a good mystery with many layers; the villain is known for awhile, but more investigating and leads are covered for awhile before the ending.
http://www.literaryfeline.com/2012/07/from-archives-rage-by-jonathan-kellerman.html
dark
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Sometimes Kellerman gets lost in the demons he conjures up. As a reader I need to care at least a little about the victims or give me a bad guy that's charismatic so I can at least enjoy the ride. Rage is dark from beginning to end. Creepy and dark.
The Devil's waltz was creepy and dark but had a intriguing villain and plot. Rage's plot is completely crushed under all the weight of the bad and disgusting things that are revealed. This is too much reality intruding in my murder mystery for me. I have a high threshold but enough is enough. I don't mind open ended conclusion or if the bad characters get away with it. I love Minette Walters the queen of the weird endings and bad guys getting away with it for me. I mind when things don't make sense in the end.
For me, the novel jumped the shark when Alex and Milo discover that the bad guy gets the young girls he has in foster care pregnant and gets them to an abortion clinic and gets off on it. This is my limit. For Delaware and Milo to do nothing was out of character. In the end you have no idea why the creep had the young girl murdered by the two boys. Because she was his and he couldn't stand that? It's all theories and conjunctures. Even the execution of the bad guy is botched up in a way because it's again all conjunctures about the motivations of the executioners.
Don't get me started on Robin. I mean, please, no. I like Allison. Robin gets on my nerves with oh, I have this new man in my life but I still want you Alex. At least Allison is honest about her desires and what she wants. I'm a bit miffed that Kellerman is having Robin back in Alex's life. A little miffed.
The Devil's waltz was creepy and dark but had a intriguing villain and plot. Rage's plot is completely crushed under all the weight of the bad and disgusting things that are revealed. This is too much reality intruding in my murder mystery for me. I have a high threshold but enough is enough. I don't mind open ended conclusion or if the bad characters get away with it. I love Minette Walters the queen of the weird endings and bad guys getting away with it for me. I mind when things don't make sense in the end.
Don't get me started on Robin. I mean, please, no. I like Allison. Robin gets on my nerves with oh, I have this new man in my life but I still want you Alex. At least Allison is honest about her desires and what she wants. I'm a bit miffed that Kellerman is having Robin back in Alex's life. A little miffed.
dark
medium-paced
This one was wild though I felt a little at loose ends when it finished.