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Before She Knew Him
by Peter Swanson
I am so nice I irritate myself sometimes. Just because I liked "The Kind Worth Killing" I keep giving this author more chances in spite of not liking any of his other books, and this was just silly. Sloppy writing...here he does a lot of what he did in his first book, repeat the same word or phrase in the same sentence. OH, and I actually hissed when I read a female character described as "timid and mousy" when ironically she was one of the few characters that had any sort of spark at all. . What does "timid and mousy" even MEAN, anyway? I really, really HATE timid and mousy. Don't use that cliche ever again, male writers in particular. Another character is not to be believed about anything she says because she is on medication for a bi-polar disorder. Great. That's not offensive in any way. The serial killer has a mean abusive father! What a surprise. and that's why he's of course a serial killer. Right. Always happens. This book even commits the cardinal sin for any self proclaimed "thriller" by being pretty boring a lot of the time. I could go on, but why?