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Blindsighted
by Karin Slaughter
I picked up Blindsighted, the first book in the Grant County series, having heard the books being compared to Tana French's Dublin Murder Squad books which I love. I probably shouldn't have based my expectations so high because I did end up being disappointed at first. The writing wasn't up to the standard I was expecting, sometimes it was a little too clunky or blunt, and some dialogue seemed a little forced for my tastes. But I kept going. This was a first book so I can't expect miracles and as there are a lot of books to follow, I'm assuming this improves. In fact, late in the first half of this book I noticed an improvement.
Blindsighted is quite gruesome, perhaps dipping slightly over the line into unnecessarily gruesome. There are some graphic descriptions of violence towards women, descriptions of rape and suicide. It's definitely not going to be for everyone.
This book is told from three different people. Sara Linton, the town's Paediatrician and Coroner (a mix that confuses me a little bit but hey, I'll go with it), Jeffery Tolliver, the Chief of Police and Sara's ex-husband, and Lena Adams, the force's only female detective and the first victims sister. I preferred the Jeffery and Lena chapters even if I found Lena hard to warm up to. The investigation bits were much more interesting to me. I'm not quite sure why the fuck Lena was allowed in on the investigation into who murdered her sister.
I did find the ending quite exciting. The minute I realised who the killer was, my stomach got this weird feeling, and I think it's a feeling that will stick in my memory for a while. Drip. Drip. Drip. And suddenly I knew who it was and I was wanting to yell at the characters to figure it out. IT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. It was almost enough to make me raise my rating. Almost. But for now I'll keep it as a three star read, I liked it.
Blindsighted is quite gruesome, perhaps dipping slightly over the line into unnecessarily gruesome. There are some graphic descriptions of violence towards women, descriptions of rape and suicide. It's definitely not going to be for everyone.
This book is told from three different people. Sara Linton, the town's Paediatrician and Coroner (a mix that confuses me a little bit but hey, I'll go with it), Jeffery Tolliver, the Chief of Police and Sara's ex-husband, and Lena Adams, the force's only female detective and the first victims sister. I preferred the Jeffery and Lena chapters even if I found Lena hard to warm up to. The investigation bits were much more interesting to me. I'm not quite sure why the fuck Lena was allowed in on the investigation into who murdered her sister.
I did find the ending quite exciting. The minute I realised who the killer was, my stomach got this weird feeling, and I think it's a feeling that will stick in my memory for a while. Drip. Drip. Drip. And suddenly I knew who it was and I was wanting to yell at the characters to figure it out. IT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. It was almost enough to make me raise my rating. Almost. But for now I'll keep it as a three star read, I liked it.