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Title: Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter ISBN: 0-380-82088-9 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.87 (75 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Lots of potential;
Comment: I love to read mysteries / police procedurals. The appearance of a new novel by a new author, especially one that seems to be the beginning of a new series, draws me like a moth to a flame.
Karin Slaughter has produced such a book with Blindsighted.
I have lots to say about this book, most of which will go unsaid because I am not in the business of spoiling things for other readers. (You can read the main summary to get the details, anyway.) Instead, I will focus on what I liked and disliked about this work.
First, the good stuff.
While Dr Sara Linton is the nominal main character, Slaughter gives plenty of ink to Jeffery Tolliver (Linton's ex and the police chief), and Lena Adams, one of Tolliver's detectives. The author uses third-person perspective, which allows her to explore these and other supporting characters in depth.
Though I'm no doctor, the medical jargon and general gory goings-on seem authentic. Slaughter does indeed pile it on a little thick, but only in a few places.
The writing style is snappy, and the book is a fairly quick read. The situation hooked me from page one.
Now for the griping.
The book has, as I mentioned, a good pace; but that only becomes truly obvious after the first hundred pages or so. Until then, the author reminds me of Little Johnny One-Note and his Wonder Kazoo, trumpeting the twin themes of 1) It's ok to be gay, and 2) All men are scum. Really, it got way old way fast.
Another problem is the personalities of the characters. We're informed of these people's past histories in great and laboring detail, and really, some of these characters are not pleasant people.
Finally, there is just way too much exploration of these characters' problems for one book. With many such series, we get to the third or fourth outing before knowing this much about the players.
On balance, I have to give this book four stars because 1) I enjoyed reading it (for the most part), and 2) it holds lots of promise of things to come.
Here's hoping Karin Slaughter finds a way to moderate her tone (and her characters), and produces more volumes for my already overstuffed bookcase.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Bloody Good Mystery, In More Ways than One
Comment: Sara Linton is the local Pediatrician for Grant County but moonlights as the coroner as well. She keeps up her work as the coroner to be closer to her ex-husband, Jeffery Tolliver, who is the Chief of Police.
Sara finds Sibyl Adams dying in a toilet cubicle in the local diner. Someone has been at her with a knife, brutally slashing her. Unfortunately, Sara is unable to save her. A few days later another victim is found murdered and stretched out nude, as if crucified, on the hood of Sara's car and now she knows there is a sick serial killer at work who enjoys leaving clues.
It is now Sara's responsibility to tell her ex what she's found and also to tell Sibyl's twin sister Lena, who is a rookie detective working directly under Sara's ex. Will they be able to stop the killer before he strikes again, or will the murders continue to creep closer to home, closer to Sara?
Blood and gore galore in this book, but despite that I found it to be a thrilling read with characters that I cared for, scenes that I believed in and a story that kept me reading away, wanting more.
Reviewed by Leeann Douglass
Rating: 4
Summary: A Great Debut
Comment: First, a disclaimer: If you are queazy when it comes to violence, this book may not be for you. There's plenty of violence, but it's not over the top. Rather, it is important to the story.
I picked up Blindsighted and decided to read it based on the description on the inside flap. I had never heard of the author, but I like to try new writers I haven't heard of. The book reeled me in right away. The writing is fast paced and vivid.
Without revealing too much, the plot centers on a series of brutal assaults and murders. Slaughter doesn't shy away from describing the assaults, and the following autopsies are just as graphic. Coroner Sara Linton and her ex-husband, who is the sherrif, work together to solve the mystery of who is the murderer. The chemistry between these two characters is good, but I felt like I wanted to know more about their past. There are a few other central characters that are well developed, but some just breeze through the story without the reader paying them much attention.
I liked Blindsighted a lot. For her first novel, Slaughter writes incredibly well. She is definitely a talent that hopefully will bring us many more novels.
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