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A review by rachaelreads92
All The Pretty Girls by J.T. Ellison
3.0
**3 stars**
This was a bit of a train wreck, you don't want to look but you can't look away.
There was so much going on in this novel, too much really. First, we are introduced to one of the central characters Lieutenant Taylor Jackson of the Nashville Police Department as she is called out to discovery of the body of a young women who has been dumped off the side of the road and has her hands cut off. While at the seen we are introduced to Taylor's secret lover FBI Specialist Agent and top profiler Dr John Baldwin. Baldwin quickly links the body of the murdered girl to several other murder girls that have been dumped across the South Eastern states and has been dubbed the Southern Strangler.
Starts off so intriguing. I was hooked from the beginning but it quickly began to lose its appeal. I wrote in my Bookly notes on page 52:
The book started to lose me when they started to introduce different cases, it all just got too busy. Alongside the investigation into the Southern Strangler, we also get drawn into the hunt for a serial rapist who goes by the Rainman. We are also drawn into an investigation into judicial misconduct (which is never wrapped up???), and a homicide detective gets dragged into investigating a vehicular accident.
Then the story gets even more over the top.
Irrelevant pregnancy scare? Check? Judicial misconduct not linked to the story at all? Check. Reporter discovers the identity of the killer then dies in a horrible accident? Check. Check. Check.
But wait, there's MORE!!
I had figured out the storyline about 3/4 of the way through. It wasn't particularly surprising or thrilling.
This book was just too much. It could have been good... but just too much. I won't be continuing with the series.
This was a bit of a train wreck, you don't want to look but you can't look away.
There was so much going on in this novel, too much really. First, we are introduced to one of the central characters Lieutenant Taylor Jackson of the Nashville Police Department as she is called out to discovery of the body of a young women who has been dumped off the side of the road and has her hands cut off. While at the seen we are introduced to Taylor's secret lover FBI Specialist Agent and top profiler Dr John Baldwin. Baldwin quickly links the body of the murdered girl to several other murder girls that have been dumped across the South Eastern states and has been dubbed the Southern Strangler.
Starts off so intriguing. I was hooked from the beginning but it quickly began to lose its appeal. I wrote in my Bookly notes on page 52:
"An interesting start, I am already interested and intrigued by the case. Not sure how I feel about the romance between Taylor and Balwin. Not sure that it is really adding t othe story so far, but I will withhold judgement.
Got into the story very quickly. Already have met the main characters, heard about the deaths of the first three victims and have leads on a potential fourth..."
The book started to lose me when they started to introduce different cases, it all just got too busy. Alongside the investigation into the Southern Strangler, we also get drawn into the hunt for a serial rapist who goes by the Rainman. We are also drawn into an investigation into judicial misconduct (which is never wrapped up???), and a homicide detective gets dragged into investigating a vehicular accident.
Then the story gets even more over the top.
Irrelevant pregnancy scare? Check? Judicial misconduct not linked to the story at all? Check. Reporter discovers the identity of the killer then dies in a horrible accident? Check. Check. Check.
But wait, there's MORE!!
Spoiler
Now the journalist was subjected to kidnapping and rape as a child and is somehow connected to the serial killer? Also, an FBI agent commits suicide? Also, a setup? Is there anything this book is missing?I had figured out the storyline about 3/4 of the way through. It wasn't particularly surprising or thrilling.
This book was just too much. It could have been good... but just too much. I won't be continuing with the series.