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A review by trash_reader_
Bloody Genius by John Sandford
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Virgil is one of my favorite characters in a series. I like how he handles tough situations and how he treats the people around him with respect until they show that they don't deserve it.
I didn't have very many issues with this book, but what I did have an issue with is huge.
I hated every single interaction with Megan Quill, whether it was when Virgil was talking to her or when she was just talking to her friends and hanging around when you first meet her. Both her and her friends were extremely sexual and sexist for absolutely no reason, and I read the word "pussy" more in that short chapter where Virgil was interviewing her than I ever read it in any of the smutty romance novels I've read. What purpose did it have? To make her unlikeable?
No one talks and acts how Megan and her friends did. NO ONE. I would know, considering the fact I'm in the same age group as them. Even if your excuse is "I don't like the cops," they still wouldn't act like that. Do better. Or just don't do it again. The main female characters that you meet and deal with in the series, like Weather, Sandy, Trane, all of them that are actually a recurring part aren't written like that, so there's absolutely no reason to write anyone else like that.
Even with that issue, though, I enjoyed the rest of the book,even if I think figuring out the killer through a board game was a wild stretch.
I didn't have very many issues with this book, but what I did have an issue with is huge.
I hated every single interaction with Megan Quill, whether it was when Virgil was talking to her or when she was just talking to her friends and hanging around when you first meet her. Both her and her friends were extremely sexual and sexist for absolutely no reason, and I read the word "pussy" more in that short chapter where Virgil was interviewing her than I ever read it in any of the smutty romance novels I've read. What purpose did it have? To make her unlikeable?
No one talks and acts how Megan and her friends did. NO ONE. I would know, considering the fact I'm in the same age group as them. Even if your excuse is "I don't like the cops," they still wouldn't act like that. Do better. Or just don't do it again. The main female characters that you meet and deal with in the series, like Weather, Sandy, Trane, all of them that are actually a recurring part aren't written like that, so there's absolutely no reason to write anyone else like that.
Even with that issue, though, I enjoyed the rest of the book,