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It’s been too long, he realizes. He hasn’t killed anyone in almost a month.
This was twisted and disturbing and incredibly gripping, especially the last forty or fifty pages. Holy cow.
This was my bedtime read in early May. Allergy season. Which means I started taking loratadine. Which is the equivalent (for me) of popping an Ambien before cracking open the book each night. Which was great for my sleep but meant my reading comprehension was for shit, and I was prone to vivid dreams after readi ...more
Although this one has some novelty value with the serial killer time traveling, I didn't like nor empathize with any of the characters, all of which had some many flaws I wondered how they could manage to tie their shoes.
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A serial killer travels through time, dispatching of his victims: young women he refers to as “shining girls”. Finally, a time travel novel that makes sense. Sort of. An interesting premise and no real faults in time travel logic – but no real answers either. Why is this house a time machine? What motivates the serial killer to murder these women? What makes them “shine”? They’re developing this book for television so maybe the t.v. series will have the answers. But probably not.
I enjoyed this book so much. It reminds me with Time Traveler's Wife, with the time travel and all, but with the thriller/mystery tone. Time traveler slash serial killer is a perfect villain because it's simply impossible to catch him- except for Kirby, the living victim. The story revolved around Chicago area, from time to time, with hints of historical events here and there. Great ending too, although it's a bit Stephen King-ish :)
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I never really became invested in this story, though the premise - that of a time-travelling serial killer - is a promising one.
Apr 29, 2013
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