A review by sandrinepal
Unseen by Karin Slaughter

2.0

The franchise is running out of steam, for my money. The pattern of the arch-villain committing brutal crimes only against young women was especially disappointing. Even the Will-and-Amanda origin story wasn't enough to redeem that central plot line. Don't even get me started on the whole merry-go-round of "Will thinks Sarah is mad at him for being dumb and Sarah is sad that Will won't open up to her" that has now been spinning for three books. I guess kudos to Evelyn and Amanda for rising through the ranks in the face of rampant sexism... I'm pretty sure I'm supposed to feel humbled that I get to stand on the shoulders of those two feminist giants. What makes the pill *much* harder to swallow, though, is that the male protagonist (and protégé/pet project to one of the aforementioned feminists) 'fixes' his relationship problems by having a kind of sex that one would be hard-pressed to describe as at all consensual. *shudder* But it's all good, since it ends in emotional intimacy, right? Right?!! Nope.