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A review by inveterate_reader
Ashes to Ashes by Tami Hoag
4.0
It was one hell of a ride! It was thrilling & horrifying. It kept you hooked! It is centered around how victimization as a child can play a huge role in the making of a serial killer.
The main villian is surely a serial killer but it isn't just about that one person. The fact that the book covers the lives of so many people who were on different levels of 'mental disturbance' was what made it great.
The characters were really good. Their lives, their personalities were fascinating. Their thoughts were brilliantly portrayed. They were really messed up people, their pasts were what made them.
The central theme was gruesome & disturbing & very real. The book was really graphic. It gave you such a detailed view of what goes in the mind of a disturbed individual & how different circumstances shape them.
There were a few cliched parts but they fitted well. The way of writing was great. The dialogues were so natural! There was slight humor, there was teasing, there was so much normalcy to the way the characters dealt with each other.
There were a lot of details in it. I always love it when the authors elaborate things, making it believable. The book has about 570 pages & to me, nothing seemed boring or unnecessary or irrelevant (maybe like 6 pages altogether did, but I think one can ignore those & a lot of readers want those in a book so
The main villian is surely a serial killer but it isn't just about that one person. The fact that the book covers the lives of so many people who were on different levels of 'mental disturbance' was what made it great.
The characters were really good. Their lives, their personalities were fascinating. Their thoughts were brilliantly portrayed. They were really messed up people, their pasts were what made them.
The central theme was gruesome & disturbing & very real. The book was really graphic. It gave you such a detailed view of what goes in the mind of a disturbed individual & how different circumstances shape them.
There were a few cliched parts but they fitted well. The way of writing was great. The dialogues were so natural! There was slight humor, there was teasing, there was so much normalcy to the way the characters dealt with each other.
There were a lot of details in it. I always love it when the authors elaborate things, making it believable. The book has about 570 pages & to me, nothing seemed boring or unnecessary or irrelevant (maybe like 6 pages altogether did, but I think one can ignore those & a lot of readers want those in a book so