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Liked It “Sara Linton and her ex-husband, Jeffrey Tolliver, are on a date at the skating rink when a teenage girl pulls a gun. A shoot-out ensues and medical examiner Sara ends up examining the girl at the morgue. The autopsy shows signs of long-term abuse and mutilation. |
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“This is the second book in Slaughter's Grant County Series. While I enjoy Slaughter's writing, this book fell short.
VR Barkowski wrote this review Thursday, April 19, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The scandalous subject matter didn't bother me, but the poor character development certainly did. The protagonists spend far too much time beating themselves up over what they should have seen and done rather than solving the mystery and catching the the guilty parties. The real problem here is too many psyches at play. Had Slaughter narrowed her psychological focus to the two primary characters, the story might have worked despite the couple's puerile romance.
This is my fifth Karin Slaughter book and the only one I'd deem not worth the read. It remains to be seen whether I'll give book three of this series a try.
All that said: kudos to Slaughter for not tying everything up in a pretty bow at the end.”“Sara Linton and her ex-husband, Jeffrey Tolliver, are on a date at the skating rink when a teenage girl pulls a gun. A shoot-out ensues and medical examiner Sara ends up examining the girl at the morgue. The autopsy shows signs of long-term abuse and mutilation.
Robin M wrote this review Wednesday, March 28, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Jeffrey and Detective Lena Adams begin their investigation into the case. They find the children close to the victim aren't talking. The families have turned their backs. When a young girl is abducted, it becomes clear that there is a dark presence in the small Georgia town.
This is the second book in Slaughter's Grant County series. This series should definitely be read in order since this book touches on many things that happened in the previous book and gives us background into what makes the great characters in this book tick. This is a very dark suspense novel. Warning to readers...the subject matter may not appeal to everyone. My rating: 4 Stars.”
“Well done and continues the story of the first book but could be read without reading that one.”
Ellen C wrote this review Monday, November 21, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Finished reading 'Kisscut' this morning - Really enjoyed Karin Slaughter's writing. Constantly keeps the reader off-guard and guessing to what happens next and who did it!”
Chuck H wrote this review Tuesday, November 8, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“4.5 STARS It is better than the first!”
Kris wrote this review Thursday, November 10, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Loving the grant county series”
Lisa C wrote this review Friday, August 26, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Again while I normally don't care for thrillers, this was really engaging. I'm enjoying the characters and the picture of small town life depicted in this series. Horrendous depiction of child sexual abuse and pornography using children.”
Phyllis Walden wrote this review Tuesday, July 19, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“aka "Zoenoffer" in Dutch
Jacques Z wrote this review Thursday, June 30, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Een duister geheim werpt een schaduw over Grant County als de dertienjarige Jenny zich moedwillig laat neerschieten door politiecommissaris Jeffrey Tolliver.
Bij de lijkschouwing doet kinderarts Sara Linton een schokkende ontdekking, die wijst in de richting van misbruik. De ex-echtgenoten Sara en Jeffrey werken noodgedwongen samen bij het oplossen van deze zaak.
Jeffrey wordt in zijn speurwerk verder bijgestaan door de getraumatiseerde rechercheur Lena Adams, die zich vastbijt in haar werk en in de ban raakt van de jongen die de sleutel van het misdrijf in handen lijkt te hebben. Als de ontknoping nabij is, slaat het noodlot opnieuw toe...
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“It is a book with many twists, shocking and confronting. There were some parts that could've been a bit shorter, but nothing that really bothered me. It is a good story, read it in 2 days. ”
Joyce wrote this review Tuesday, June 28, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Karin Slaughter keeps my attention with her Gran\t County Series (which are theonly books of hers I've had the opportunity to read.) Kisscut was of a very different subject matter than I've read before, something I would normally NOT read, but she worte so good about a very tabu subject that even I was able to read it with interest!
Catherine D wrote this review Friday, June 17, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
This is the second in the Grant County Series, and I've enjoyed watching the relationship between Sara and Jeffrey grow and dance. I look forward to this continuing, while I also hope that Lena continues to fight her demons from the first book!
Karin keeps me coming back for more!”
