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Read this one on the recommendation of Justin and Kurt, the guys who put out the Point Blank podcast (if you haven't checked it out, do so...they're great!), who LOVED it! I didn't LOVE it, but I liked it, especially the second half or so.
Throughout the story, we are in the head of a serial killer (no spoiler...you figure this out pretty early on!), and that was pretty groundbreaking at the time Hughes wrote the novel, so I give her kudos for that. And the narration is pretty terse and tight fo ...more
Throughout the story, we are in the head of a serial killer (no spoiler...you figure this out pretty early on!), and that was pretty groundbreaking at the time Hughes wrote the novel, so I give her kudos for that. And the narration is pretty terse and tight fo ...more
A master work of writing. Dark and disturbing with a constricting atmosphere.
Not a bad book, but a bit flat and boring through much of the story. Anti-climactic ending.
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