recidivism23 's review for:

Rules of Prey by John Sandford

3.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The story and plot are good and it’s fast paced with some tense moments. However, I wasn’t a huge fan. The main character is awful to women (sleeping with two women at the same time with no qualms about how disrespectful that is to both of them), the women are not likeable, the villain is mutilating and killing women, and it just bothered me. Maybe because this was written back in 1989 when the mysogyny was more acceptable but it seems like the author does not like women very much.  Putting that aside, Davenport’s reactions to the way Jennifer Carey treated him

getting pregnant (probably on purpose based on one of her statements) and using personal and private conversations on the news and trying to run his life

were so unrealistic that I had a hard time reading this. I may read another book in the series to see if Davenport gets more likeable because I did like the plot and pace.  I feel like this book was a plane read or filler book.