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Title: Judas Child by Carol O'Connell, Erika Leigh ISBN: 1-56740-576-2 Publisher: Bookcassette Pub. Date: 01 July, 1998 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 10 List Price(USD): $89.25 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.56 (79 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Better than the Mallory series.
Comment: While I feel the Mallory character has shown little personal development in four novels, I find tremendous growth among the key characters of this novel. I also had figured out 'who done it' before the end of the book but this was of minor consideration compared to my need to find out what would happen to these people the author had made me come to care about. I would like to read another book with Rogue, Ali and Arnie (perhaps later in their lives) but my favorite character was Sadie's mom. What an amazing woman. And there is a simple paragraph that describes each fathers' solitary search for their child that I will never forget. I just wish.... Oh well, I don't want to give anything away. Carol O'Connell is a masterful storyteller and I hope she continues write beyond the Mallory series.
Rating: 5
Summary: If Someone Hasn't Picked Up the Movie Rights, They Should
Comment: Carol O'Connell has a weird way of writing characters. They're all exceptional -- even the dumb ones are empathic geniuses or brilliant would-be photographers or bodybuilding priests with secret Hannibal Lector worlds of the mind. There are probably 15 scenes where a different character is revealed to be much smarter than most of the other characters took them for. It's implausible, sure, but it's great.
This is O'Connell's best, and if you like mysteries at all, you should read it. It's one-half Red Dragon, one half The Secret History, and one-half Crime and Punishment.
Even more than Mallory, the Rouge Kendall character cries out for a movie and another book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Did You Get It?
Comment: I'm giving this book just four stars because I'm inclined to agree with the other reviewers who say it starts out too slow and stays that way too long. (I originally thought it might just seem that way to me because I was expecting the intensity of the Mallory series.)
I'm so glad I stuck with it. First, although it takes her awhile in this novel, O'Connell creates really great characters, especially female characters. Second, I've read a lot of mystery and suspense novels in my time. It's rare for one to really surprise me, but this one absolutely stunned me.
I think the readers who rated it low either didn't finish it or didn't get it. It's easy to see how the latter could happen. You want to find out who the bad guy is and whether the girls are rescued in time. Once you do, you think, okay, that was pretty good, or not. But believe me, there's a lot more to this story--you need to THINK about it. I can't say more without spoiling it...
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Title: The Man Who Cast Two Shadows (Kathleen Mallory Novels (Paperback)) by Carol O'Connell ISBN: 0515118907 Publisher: Jove Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Shell Game (Kathleen Mallory Novels (Paperback)) by Carol O'Connell ISBN: 0425176037 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 08 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Stone Angel (Kathleen Mallory Novels (Paperback)) by Carol O'Connell ISBN: 051512298X Publisher: Jove Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Killing Critics (Kathleen Mallory Novels (Paperback)) by Carol O'Connell ISBN: 0515120863 Publisher: Jove Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Mallory's Oracle (Kathleen Mallory Novels (Paperback)) by Carol O'Connell ISBN: 0515116475 Publisher: Jove Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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