Question #1

[Lauren]

Although the opening scene with the sheep is disturbing, it wasn't as shocking as the prologues in the pervious two books. Perhaps I'm just becoming used to Castillo's style. Thoughts.

[Charlene]

I certainly agree that Castillo's style is in-your-face from the beginning. When I read the part about the sheep, I just got into the mode that there were young men committing grisly hate crimes against the Amish.

[Lauren]

It was interesting to learn that the woman they were targeting wasn't actually an acknowledge member of the Amish community. It revealed a lot about their characters - hateful and disturbed, but also not the brightest bulbs.

[Jonetta]

I was prepared for a more horrific scene...not that the unnecessary slaughter of animals isn't awful. It's just that I had a momentary sigh of relief when no humans lost their lives.

[Lauren]

I had also prepared myself for something more horrific, especially after the first two books. While the sheep killing was terrible, there was no description of suffering (if there had been, I might not have continued)

[Kris (My Novelesque Life)]

I agree, (and thank god) it was not as brutal as the first two books.