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Release Date: 2010-08-24
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| Good Story not well executedI am a tremendous fan of Ms. Collins and her writing style and books. This series is one of the mmost riveting, can't put down stories. While I liked the book and how it dealt with the different relationships and story lines, I felt that it was too rushed and not executed well. She concludes all story lines to a certain extent leaving room for a spin off of other characters if so desired. What I wasn't too thrilled about was the fact that it left some unanswered questions. I did not like the lack of closure for Gale and Katniss, while I understand the conclusion the result was lacking. I also felt that the end should have had more body and time devoted as opposed to the beginning scenes which felt a little long and drawn out leaving the end short and choppy. This being said, I would still highly reccommend this book and series, as I have done already, to anyone but can not give a full 5 stars.
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Release Date: 2010-06-18
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| Pretty good debut novelThis novel pleasantly surprised me. When I first started reading it I had some misgivings. Without giving anything critical away, early on one of the main characters while driving hits a dog, who she then takes to the vet, who in turn uses 30 stitches to close a chest wound. Nonetheless in a just a couple of hours the dog is walking around, and becomes a companion for the rest of the novel. I thought this was a pretty contrived way for a character to get a pet, and feared this novel was going to be amateur hour. I was wrong.
Except for the above glitch, the novel is basically well written, well thought out, and has shades of Jeffrey Deaver in its plot twists and misdirections. The plot centers around the efforts of a young hotshot Memphis detective and his older partner, whom he reveres as a mentor and father figure, to find a missing socialite. But the novel is much more than a simple mystery and deals with such themes as family relationships, greed, corruption, abuse of power, and pedophilia. Along the way the author does a nice job creating some interesting and believable characters.(I did find it curious that at the end the novel the author listed "Reader Questions" for discussion, which reminded me high school).
This is entertaining and generally good writing. I don't think this novel rises to the level of a really good novel by Jeffrey Deaver or by Southern writers such as Greg Isle or James Lee Burke, but it is pretty good for a debut novel. I enjoyed reading it.
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