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woody1881's review against another edition
2.0
This was my first William Bernhardt book, so I may give him another chance but...
This book made me yell at certain pages like some people yell at a movie screen when something completely stupid happens. It would take pages to discuss all of the problems with this book so I will just give a few of the bigger ones here.
1. The characters are not well developed. It was all but impossible to know any of the people in the book well enough to care about what happened to them along the way.
2. On a scale of realistic situations between 1 and 10, with 10 being the most realistic, this book gets a .05. There were dozens of examples of things so outlandish that I wanted to call the author and ask if he was serious or if he allowed some young relative to write certain chapters.
3. Most of the premises meant to build "drama" or "suspense" lacked foundation. In one part the main character is said to have bungled the investigation in many ways and was hanging on by a thread. The problem was there were no mistakes made, just the usual process of putting the pieces together. The author just made other characters over-react to create tension.
In conclusion, I know that everyone has a different taste in books. This author has obviously sold a few copies, but I would not give this book more than fifty pages, if you don't like it, don't waste any more time. I won't give his next book more than that, if I find one I will even consider.
This book made me yell at certain pages like some people yell at a movie screen when something completely stupid happens. It would take pages to discuss all of the problems with this book so I will just give a few of the bigger ones here.
1. The characters are not well developed. It was all but impossible to know any of the people in the book well enough to care about what happened to them along the way.
2. On a scale of realistic situations between 1 and 10, with 10 being the most realistic, this book gets a .05. There were dozens of examples of things so outlandish that I wanted to call the author and ask if he was serious or if he allowed some young relative to write certain chapters.
3. Most of the premises meant to build "drama" or "suspense" lacked foundation. In one part the main character is said to have bungled the investigation in many ways and was hanging on by a thread. The problem was there were no mistakes made, just the usual process of putting the pieces together. The author just made other characters over-react to create tension.
In conclusion, I know that everyone has a different taste in books. This author has obviously sold a few copies, but I would not give this book more than fifty pages, if you don't like it, don't waste any more time. I won't give his next book more than that, if I find one I will even consider.
boleary30's review against another edition
3.0
Some unique stuff, including some math, which as a math teacher, I always appreciate.
robinsbooks's review against another edition
4.0
This was a fast and furious suspense/thriller with elements of psychology and descrptions of gruesome mutilations (the book starts with a man getting his face “deep-fried”). This is the second in the series featuring Susan Pulaski (first one is DARK EYE), a Las Vegas police behaviorist and her sidekick, Darcy O’Bannon, an autistic savant and son of the police chief. Susan is hired to profile the killer that is targeting people who have in some way neglected a past offspring. A past alcoholic and quite obnoxious at times, Susan isn’t a particularly likeable character, but the story barrels along quite nicely despite knowing from the start who is masterminding the killings. One issue I had with the book was that at times I felt part of the explanations of autism and part of the plot was borrowed from THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (an excellent novel of an autistic teen).
breecreative's review against another edition
5.0
LOVED this book. Not what I expected, but it was better than I expected in a way. It was a bit gruesome right off the bat, but even thought it TOLD you who the killer was from the beginning, it still had you wondering what was going on.
katiespina's review against another edition
3.0
Susan is a typical flawed cop character, and I had a hard time not shouting at the audio book while driving because she does such stupid things. I suppose it's an indicator of a well-crafted story when it makes you react in some way. But my frustrations with this Susan not understanding basic math concepts while having a Masters degree overrode my willingness to accept her as a flawed protagonist.
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