A review by octavia_cade
Kiss the Girls by James Patterson

dark tense fast-paced

3.0

This is only the second of the Alex Cross books that I've read, so I'm working from a small sample here, but what I'm liking about the series so far is the main character and the pacing. These are quick, fast-paced books with creepy antagonists and lots of action. I enjoy reading them. That said, I enjoyed this one less than the last. For one, my tolerance for mystery-thrillers that rely on brutal sexual violence and torture of women decreases with every passing year. But while that particular reason can apply to a number of books and authors, the second reason is particular to this book: the series of extremely stupid decisions made by both Cross and the main survivor, Kate. If you've escaped a serial killer and he's on the loose and still hunting, Kate, maybe don't go back to living in the house that he's already taken you from once before, yeah? And as for you, Alex, you may have been brought in as an outsider, but if you could stand to tell people what you're doing and where you're going once in a while, you wouldn't be caught out so fucking often.

I love the pacing of these books, but common sense is not too much to ask.