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Game
by Barry Lyga
I'm just going to say this right now: the ONLY reason I gave this book 5 stars (since I was going to give it 3) was because of the last 100 pages.
I felt like there were points that contradicted what Jazz had said in the first book, especially when it came to Connie.
Let's talk about writing race, shall we? First off, I like when author throw diversity in their books. It's a nice and welcomed change that I enjoy reading about. Why did I have a problem with the way race was executed in this book? Because the author constantly throws the fact that Connie is black in your face every other page!
I know she's black, I understand she's black. I got it. You don't need to tell me every other sentence! I UNDERSTAND. Unless it is a book about race, quit telling me that every other sentence. It's fine to restate it a couple of times or whatever but this was just awful.
And secondly, Jazz says several times throughout the book that he is not racist. Oh, really? So the fact that he chose Connie as a girlfriend because she was black and did not fit his dad's MO doesn't sound a little racist to him?
And there's a contradiction right there. In I Hunt Killers he states that Billy was so hard to catch because he didn't HAVE an MO. He killed whoever he wanted and then in this book it says he never killed African Americans? I don't know, maybe I'm wrong on that one, but if I am I don't remember reading that in I Hunt Killers.
Connie was the typical annoying, useless girlfriend that acts all tough but is really just plain out weak and whiny. It was a struggle to read her point of view because all she thought about was sex and Jazz. I literally mean if you cut out of the paragraphs she thought about Jazz the book would be at least 50 pages shorter.
Of course, I suppose I could say the same thing for Jazz (creepy ass sex dreams appeared nearly every chapter in his point of view).
But the twist towards the end made the book better than it's predecessor and made me remember why I loved I Hunt Killers so much in the first place. But, like I Hunt Killers, it ends on a cliffhanger that made me want to throw the book across the room. Can't wait for the sequel!
Again, Hat and Billy, you guys were the only reason this book got 5 stars.
I felt like there were points that contradicted what Jazz had said in the first book, especially when it came to Connie.
Let's talk about writing race, shall we? First off, I like when author throw diversity in their books. It's a nice and welcomed change that I enjoy reading about. Why did I have a problem with the way race was executed in this book? Because the author constantly throws the fact that Connie is black in your face every other page!
I know she's black, I understand she's black. I got it. You don't need to tell me every other sentence! I UNDERSTAND. Unless it is a book about race, quit telling me that every other sentence. It's fine to restate it a couple of times or whatever but this was just awful.
And secondly, Jazz says several times throughout the book that he is not racist. Oh, really? So the fact that he chose Connie as a girlfriend because she was black and did not fit his dad's MO doesn't sound a little racist to him?
And there's a contradiction right there. In I Hunt Killers he states that Billy was so hard to catch because he didn't HAVE an MO. He killed whoever he wanted and then in this book it says he never killed African Americans? I don't know, maybe I'm wrong on that one, but if I am I don't remember reading that in I Hunt Killers.
Connie was the typical annoying, useless girlfriend that acts all tough but is really just plain out weak and whiny. It was a struggle to read her point of view because all she thought about was sex and Jazz. I literally mean if you cut out of the paragraphs she thought about Jazz the book would be at least 50 pages shorter.
Of course, I suppose I could say the same thing for Jazz (creepy ass sex dreams appeared nearly every chapter in his point of view).
But the twist towards the end made the book better than it's predecessor and made me remember why I loved I Hunt Killers so much in the first place. But, like I Hunt Killers, it ends on a cliffhanger that made me want to throw the book across the room. Can't wait for the sequel!
Again, Hat and Billy, you guys were the only reason this book got 5 stars.