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1989. Six jeunes filles sont assassinées sur le campus d'une petite ville américaine. Paul Riley, jeune assistant du procureur, mène une enquête efficace qui le conduit vite au coupable. Preuves accablantes, absence d'alibi, aveux... l'assassin est condamné à mort.
2005. Paul Riley travaille désormais pour un important cabinet privé d'avocats d'affaires dirigé par Harland Bentley, dont la fille faisait partie des victimes du campus. Lorsqu'une nouvelle vague de crimes endeuille la ville, Riley, troublé, ne peut s'empêcher de faire le lien avec l'affaire qui l'a rendu célèbre seize ans plus tôt. Avait-il alors fait fausse route ? L'homme qu'il a fait exécuter était-il vraiment le coupable ? Tiraillé par le doute, il reprend son enquête de l'époque. Un élément crucial n'aurait-il pas été négligé ? Or, les secrets sont nombreux autour de lui et, semble-t-il, personne n'a intérêt à le voir ainsi remuer le passé...
" Un livre qui vous agrippe dès la première page et qui ne vous laisse plus une minute de répit. Un triomphe pour l'auteur, un rare plaisir pour le lecteur. " David Baldacci
" Un thriller d'une sophistication intense et rare. " The New York Times
592 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 19, 2007
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David Ellis
84 books2,301 followersDavid Ellis is a lawyer and the Edgar Allan Poe Award winner for Best First Novel for Line of Vision. Ellis attended Northwestern Law School and began his legal career in private practice in Chicago in 1993. He served as the House Prosecutor who tried and convicted Illinois Governor Blagojevich in the Impeachment Trial before the Illinois Senate. He was elected to the Illinois Appellate Court in 2014 and took office December 1, 2014. Ellis currently lives outside Chicago with his wife and three children.
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February 6, 2020
4.5 stars. On a college campus in 1989, in the basement of the auditorium, six bodies are posed, laid out in the order they were killed. All of them had been killed in a different manner, raped and mutilated -- 2 students and 4 hookers. A college handyman, Terry Burgos had been stalking one of the girls. The murders happened in the basement of his house. The forensic evidence was found there with the victims' IDs in his bedroom. Cut and dried case.
First Asst County Attorney Paul Riley prosecuted the cases. He proved the killings were carried out according to the verse of a song. He sought the death penalty and was present at the execution. One unresolved issue at the execution was that Burgos's last words were, "I'm not the only one." Sixteen years later, Riley is a wealthy defense attorney when more murders occur. Seems there is a 2nd verse to that song.
I first became aware of author David Ellis in his co-writing with James Patterson so when I happened upon this book from 2007, I bought it. I lover serial killer books. I was caught up in the murders, trying to figure out if the current killings were by a copycat, a partner or maybe the original killer was never caught. Over half the book, I'm trying to figure out, who's Leo? There are several twists in this complex story. Note that there's violent and graphic murders scenes.
First Asst County Attorney Paul Riley prosecuted the cases. He proved the killings were carried out according to the verse of a song. He sought the death penalty and was present at the execution. One unresolved issue at the execution was that Burgos's last words were, "I'm not the only one." Sixteen years later, Riley is a wealthy defense attorney when more murders occur. Seems there is a 2nd verse to that song.
I first became aware of author David Ellis in his co-writing with James Patterson so when I happened upon this book from 2007, I bought it. I lover serial killer books. I was caught up in the murders, trying to figure out if the current killings were by a copycat, a partner or maybe the original killer was never caught. Over half the book, I'm trying to figure out, who's Leo? There are several twists in this complex story. Note that there's violent and graphic murders scenes.
August 22, 2022
I like books that make me think
May 18, 2010
PROTAGONIST: Paul Riley, lawyer and Michael McDermott and Ricki Stoletti, police detectives
SERIES: Standalone
RATING: 1.5
Sometimes being a voracious reader of crime fiction can make it really hard to give a new book a fair chance. If you spend a lot of time on the dark streets or in a locked room, you've come to know (and often, detest) some of the clichés of the genre. You're aware of the trends, and which themes and approaches are overdone. It's actually rather sad to pick up a book like Eye of the Beholder, read about six young women who have each been murdered in horrible and different ways, and instead of saying, "I can't wait to find out what this is about", moaning, "Oh, crud, another serial killer book." Being ever an optimist, I thought that I shouldn't pre-judge the book. After all, Ellis surely wouldn't use any of these timeworn devices in this book, would he?
- Chapters told from the deranged serial killer's point of view
- The motivation for the murders being religious, probably with sexual overtones
- Strange anonymous handwritten letters to the protagonist
Unfortunately, he did, those and more. Let's not forget having the lead character be a suspect—after all, he was the last to see one of the victims, and his fingerprints are on her murder weapon. Raise your hand if you think he is guilty. I thought so.
Well, back to the six dead bodies. They've been arranged in a college auditorium in the order in which they were killed. The police quickly locate a prime suspect, a man who was stalking one of the victims. And they just as quickly arrest him, since his house is a Fruminous Frenzy of Forensics. Terry Burgos is off to prison, courtesy of prosecutor Paul Riley. Riley shows that the victims were killed by the methods outlined in a song by Tyler Skye, with the lyrics related to various Bible verses.
And now it's several years later. Riley is a hugely successful lawyer whose main client is the father of one of the victims. Eerily, there is a new group of murders. Riley is the first to recognize that the killer is following the lines of the second verse of the song. Only Terry Burgos is in jail, and this second killer is very organized. He doesn't leave any trace evidence, and he isn't exactly following the "rules". Riley begins to wonder if he missed something when he was trying the first case. That could have been an interesting premise, but Ellis obscured it with a tangled web of plot developments that were impossible to follow, much less believe.
It's a pity that this book was such a complete cliché, as Ellis does write reasonably well. He did nothing fresh nor inventive, and that was the kiss of death as far as my reading enjoyment went. It's as if Ellis were playing a game of poker using a deck of Cliché Cards. He shuffles the deck and deals them out—assumed identities, swapped bodies, the KGB and more—but never plays a winning hand. I didn't cash in my chips, but ultimately, Eye of the Beholder was a misdeal for me.
SERIES: Standalone
RATING: 1.5
Sometimes being a voracious reader of crime fiction can make it really hard to give a new book a fair chance. If you spend a lot of time on the dark streets or in a locked room, you've come to know (and often, detest) some of the clichés of the genre. You're aware of the trends, and which themes and approaches are overdone. It's actually rather sad to pick up a book like Eye of the Beholder, read about six young women who have each been murdered in horrible and different ways, and instead of saying, "I can't wait to find out what this is about", moaning, "Oh, crud, another serial killer book." Being ever an optimist, I thought that I shouldn't pre-judge the book. After all, Ellis surely wouldn't use any of these timeworn devices in this book, would he?
- Chapters told from the deranged serial killer's point of view
- The motivation for the murders being religious, probably with sexual overtones
- Strange anonymous handwritten letters to the protagonist
Unfortunately, he did, those and more. Let's not forget having the lead character be a suspect—after all, he was the last to see one of the victims, and his fingerprints are on her murder weapon. Raise your hand if you think he is guilty. I thought so.
Well, back to the six dead bodies. They've been arranged in a college auditorium in the order in which they were killed. The police quickly locate a prime suspect, a man who was stalking one of the victims. And they just as quickly arrest him, since his house is a Fruminous Frenzy of Forensics. Terry Burgos is off to prison, courtesy of prosecutor Paul Riley. Riley shows that the victims were killed by the methods outlined in a song by Tyler Skye, with the lyrics related to various Bible verses.
And now it's several years later. Riley is a hugely successful lawyer whose main client is the father of one of the victims. Eerily, there is a new group of murders. Riley is the first to recognize that the killer is following the lines of the second verse of the song. Only Terry Burgos is in jail, and this second killer is very organized. He doesn't leave any trace evidence, and he isn't exactly following the "rules". Riley begins to wonder if he missed something when he was trying the first case. That could have been an interesting premise, but Ellis obscured it with a tangled web of plot developments that were impossible to follow, much less believe.
It's a pity that this book was such a complete cliché, as Ellis does write reasonably well. He did nothing fresh nor inventive, and that was the kiss of death as far as my reading enjoyment went. It's as if Ellis were playing a game of poker using a deck of Cliché Cards. He shuffles the deck and deals them out—assumed identities, swapped bodies, the KGB and more—but never plays a winning hand. I didn't cash in my chips, but ultimately, Eye of the Beholder was a misdeal for me.
September 26, 2013
Mais um livro que me surpreendeu e que adorei a sua leitura!
February 5, 2013
Awful. Unless you crave graphic violence which I do not this eye of the beholder. 1 of 10 stars
March 30, 2020
3.5 There's a good story here but it's buried by all the sloppy writing, factual errors, and cutout characters.
June 13, 2021
Very entertaining...keeps the reader guessing all the way till the last pages.
October 14, 2022
Dreadfully convoluted and farfetched ... two stars for occasional moments of lucidity.
January 12, 2025
David Ellis has become one of my go to authors, and I feel driven to read his back catalogue. So it was fortunate I was able to pick this book up at a charity book sale.
A tightly plotted and tense thriller, with a build up first narrated through the gaze of protagonist Paul Riley. The first section of this book sets the tone of the story - one that is not going to pull any punches. You may wonder if this is a police procedural, for there are definite components of this book that match, but Ellis bends that genre into something else, and the result is gripping, compelling, and sometimes grizzly.
It's also a book where you may dislike the protagonist through his actions. And that's another wonderful thing about this story. The action is driven by character actions and motivations, and there is bucket loads of grey morality in the pages, which I think makes this legal and police thriller all the more real.
Great concept. Well written. Convoluted in some ways, yes, but still an addictive read.
A tightly plotted and tense thriller, with a build up first narrated through the gaze of protagonist Paul Riley. The first section of this book sets the tone of the story - one that is not going to pull any punches. You may wonder if this is a police procedural, for there are definite components of this book that match, but Ellis bends that genre into something else, and the result is gripping, compelling, and sometimes grizzly.
It's also a book where you may dislike the protagonist through his actions. And that's another wonderful thing about this story. The action is driven by character actions and motivations, and there is bucket loads of grey morality in the pages, which I think makes this legal and police thriller all the more real.
Great concept. Well written. Convoluted in some ways, yes, but still an addictive read.
July 3, 2020
Bechdel NON
Bechdel diversité : NON
Bon. Un polar.
J'ai toujours pensé que je n'aimais pas les polars, mais comme je n'aime pas non plus les préjugés, j'ai décidé d'en juger par moi-même.
Donc j'ai pris celui-ci à la bibliothèque.
Au final, donc, j'ai lu un polar et ça ne m'a pas intéressée.
Tous les persos qui font des choses ou qui sont influents (policiers, enquêteurs, avocats, hommes d'affaire, milliardaires ou Assassins) sont des hommes.
Les femmes sont exclusivement : cadavres, violées, kidnappées, victimes, potiches ou décoratives.
Voilà.
bof.
Bechdel diversité : NON
Bon. Un polar.
J'ai toujours pensé que je n'aimais pas les polars, mais comme je n'aime pas non plus les préjugés, j'ai décidé d'en juger par moi-même.
Donc j'ai pris celui-ci à la bibliothèque.
Au final, donc, j'ai lu un polar et ça ne m'a pas intéressée.
Tous les persos qui font des choses ou qui sont influents (policiers, enquêteurs, avocats, hommes d'affaire, milliardaires ou Assassins) sont des hommes.
Les femmes sont exclusivement : cadavres, violées, kidnappées, victimes, potiches ou décoratives.
Voilà.
bof.
May 15, 2025
Didn’t pick up till about 60% in but still very good! Lots of twists and turns I didn’t see coming 😍
November 30, 2025
excellent book. I could not put it down. Dick Hill was the perfect narrator.
December 19, 2013
1989 to 2005 – 16 years. A lot can happen in that time. Paul Riley, experienced federal prosecutor and newly appointed second in command to the top county prosecutor, has the case of a lifetime thrown into his lap. A delusional loner is linked to the murder of six women, two of them students at a private liberal arts college. The physical evidence is overwhelming. The accused worked at the college as a janitor. A restraining order had been issued by one of the victims against the accused; the police even extract a confession, carefully taped and witnessed to preclude any hint of coercion. The murders were gruesome, and the victims all young women.
Ellis meticulously walks the reader through each step of legal reasoning: The need to counter an insanity plea, the psychological strategies to elicit a confession before the suspect can demand to see a lawyer, the careful probing that will eliminate any other potential suspects. In particular, he examines through Riley's eyes, the legal definition of insanity. Not only must the defense establish that the accused was suffering from a mental defect. It must also establish that the accused did not understand that he was committing a crime. Riley carefully lists all the evidence that demonstrates the accused did know he was committing a crime.
Fast forward to the year 2005. Riley left the prosecutor's office immediately after that case, and went on to establish a highly lucrative private practice with Cassie Bentley's father as his chief client. The work is secure, but boring. Riley mainly supervises the work of other attorneys, and most of the work is civil rather than criminal, ending in negotiated settlements rather than a trial. His personal life, as well, has hit the skids. He is in love, but the lady has backed away, fearful that the intensity of their relationship is moving too quickly. Riley eases the pain with alcohol. Then, a new murder resurrects memories of the 16 year old case. It appears a copy-cat murderer is on the loose.
I've given so much attention here to the initial plot because much of the book is structured as a tense procedural. We are not just interested in what happens, but how the characters make the action unfold. Ellis paces the book masterfully. Only after establishing a foundation, does he shift gears. Where at first, we view the action through Riley's eyes, we now view the action through the eyes of other characters. There are the quick jump-cuts between scenes, and the short chapters ending on a cliff-hanger note. There's a controlled acceleration of pace as the police come to realize they are in a race against time to halt the serial killings.
My main quibble with the book is that too many potentially interesting characters were discarded. We are introduced to Carolyn Pendry, a successful TV news reporter, and Joel Lightner, lead detective on the 1989 case. Shortly after the case, Lightner starts his own private investigation firm. He and Riley keep in close touch, Riley's firm being one of Lightner's major clients. There's even a rare touch of humor Ellis permits himself when Paul and Joel get together for drinks. When the bar tab comes, “Lightner stares at the bill like it's radioactive. I've seem more movement from a mannequin.” Riley reflects.
This was a satisfying thriller with a convoluted plot that kept me guessing. I look forward to reading other books by this author.
Ellis meticulously walks the reader through each step of legal reasoning: The need to counter an insanity plea, the psychological strategies to elicit a confession before the suspect can demand to see a lawyer, the careful probing that will eliminate any other potential suspects. In particular, he examines through Riley's eyes, the legal definition of insanity. Not only must the defense establish that the accused was suffering from a mental defect. It must also establish that the accused did not understand that he was committing a crime. Riley carefully lists all the evidence that demonstrates the accused did know he was committing a crime.
Fast forward to the year 2005. Riley left the prosecutor's office immediately after that case, and went on to establish a highly lucrative private practice with Cassie Bentley's father as his chief client. The work is secure, but boring. Riley mainly supervises the work of other attorneys, and most of the work is civil rather than criminal, ending in negotiated settlements rather than a trial. His personal life, as well, has hit the skids. He is in love, but the lady has backed away, fearful that the intensity of their relationship is moving too quickly. Riley eases the pain with alcohol. Then, a new murder resurrects memories of the 16 year old case. It appears a copy-cat murderer is on the loose.
I've given so much attention here to the initial plot because much of the book is structured as a tense procedural. We are not just interested in what happens, but how the characters make the action unfold. Ellis paces the book masterfully. Only after establishing a foundation, does he shift gears. Where at first, we view the action through Riley's eyes, we now view the action through the eyes of other characters. There are the quick jump-cuts between scenes, and the short chapters ending on a cliff-hanger note. There's a controlled acceleration of pace as the police come to realize they are in a race against time to halt the serial killings.
My main quibble with the book is that too many potentially interesting characters were discarded. We are introduced to Carolyn Pendry, a successful TV news reporter, and Joel Lightner, lead detective on the 1989 case. Shortly after the case, Lightner starts his own private investigation firm. He and Riley keep in close touch, Riley's firm being one of Lightner's major clients. There's even a rare touch of humor Ellis permits himself when Paul and Joel get together for drinks. When the bar tab comes, “Lightner stares at the bill like it's radioactive. I've seem more movement from a mannequin.” Riley reflects.
This was a satisfying thriller with a convoluted plot that kept me guessing. I look forward to reading other books by this author.
July 25, 2017
Never saw it coming
This kept me reading through every twist and turn. The ending was a total surprise which was unusual since I can usually see the ending coming
This kept me reading through every twist and turn. The ending was a total surprise which was unusual since I can usually see the ending coming
February 24, 2020
A solid 3-3.5 stars. a plot that may have been a bit stretched, but overall an okay crime/legal -thriller read.
July 19, 2023
“Things are not as they seem,” is an old quote that lawyers pass back and forth to each other when discussing their cases. It also might have served as an appropriate byline for this complex but gripping legal thriller from sometimes James Patterson collaborator and Illinois Appellate Court Judge David Ellis ( whom I’m acquainted with).
At the beginning of this book it appears that it is just one more cliched novel about a religiously bent psychopath who in Charles Manson like Fever kills six women based on the lyrics to a song he believes God is speaking to him through.
But after he confesses and is convicted and executed a second set of slayings 16 years later leave protagonist Paul Riley, his prosecutor, wondering if a copycat killer is on the loose. But its not that simple either. Soon Riley becomes a target of the investigation and no one, including the wealthy family of one of the original victims is off the list of suspects. The ending left me completely surprised as I did not see it coming at all.
The complex plot and shear number of turns and twists will be off putting to some and and the grisly means of murder will to others, but I found the pay off at the end was worth it.
At the beginning of this book it appears that it is just one more cliched novel about a religiously bent psychopath who in Charles Manson like Fever kills six women based on the lyrics to a song he believes God is speaking to him through.
But after he confesses and is convicted and executed a second set of slayings 16 years later leave protagonist Paul Riley, his prosecutor, wondering if a copycat killer is on the loose. But its not that simple either. Soon Riley becomes a target of the investigation and no one, including the wealthy family of one of the original victims is off the list of suspects. The ending left me completely surprised as I did not see it coming at all.
The complex plot and shear number of turns and twists will be off putting to some and and the grisly means of murder will to others, but I found the pay off at the end was worth it.
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February 2, 2017
Ich habe nicht wirklich sonderlich viel von diesem Thriller hier gehalten und wurde wirklich sehr, sehr positiv überrascht. Von der ersten Seite an herrscht hier eine rätselhafte Atmosphäre und die Geschichte ist an Spannung meiner Meinung nach, auch wenn man schon von Anfang an viel über die Täter erfährt, kaum zu überbieten. Auch kam man super in die Geschichte hinein und war sofort dabei und ich habe immer mitgeraten und mitgerätselt und wurde doch immer wieder von neuem überrascht, diese Undurchschaubarkeit hat mir super gefallen. Auch die Charaktere haben mir sehr zugesagt und auf mich authentisch gewirkt. Alles in Allem ist In Gottes Namen ein sehr spannender Thriller der nicht nur sehr interessante Protagonisten sondern auch eine gute Hintergrundgeschichte hat, bei dem ich immer weiterlesen wollte.
February 3, 2021
I love Ellis's Kolarich series and was excited to find this book at a used bookstore recently. I didn't love this as much as the Kolarich series and I would attribute it to maybe be one of his earlier books. I was very turned around through the early stages of the book with the storyline going back and forth to a series of murders years earlier to the most recent event. But I have to say that when things started falling together towards the end of the book I was blown away by how exactly the events were all connected and the various characters played their role. I'm not usually this dense when it comes to mystery/thrillers but this one totally caught me off guard.
October 21, 2019
I've read a few of the Ellis & Patterson co-written books as well as Jury of One by Ellis alone and I had found his writing to be quite crisp and compelling yet Eye of the Beholder was not quite up to those standards. There's a fair bit of action in there with quite a few plot twists, yet for the most part it didn't really resonate with me and I found the ending to be rather cliched.
Overall, it was an okay book but I wouldn't be in a rush to recommend it to anyone.
Overall, it was an okay book but I wouldn't be in a rush to recommend it to anyone.
January 28, 2022
Of the many James Patterson collaborators these days , David Ellis is probably the best . But he has written several very good books in his own right . This one opens with 6 dead women - one for each day of the week , based upon the lyrics of a song . The killer is easily found and prosecuted , but the song has more than one verse ! A decent read with a surprising ending .
November 2, 2022
This book got me back into reading again! I just randomly picked it up from my local library because of the cover, and I have to say I was surprised by the ending.
Pretty easy to read as well! I give it 4 stars because I found it confusing sometimes when the author switched between character narration so often I kept forgetting who was telling the story at what point. I loved the story though!
Pretty easy to read as well! I give it 4 stars because I found it confusing sometimes when the author switched between character narration so often I kept forgetting who was telling the story at what point. I loved the story though!
August 6, 2014
I is a book that would have been read rather than listened to. I think Dick Hill (the reader) must have...taken....lessons from the...William Shatner...School...of..Public.........Speaking
July 18, 2016
Ich gebe es jetzt auf. Ich habe nun mehrfach versucht dieses Buch zu lesen und 2mal abgebrochen. Das ist das erste Buch, das ich nicht zu Ende lese...
February 18, 2018
Not that well written and a bit convoluted. Reasonable yarn but not at all believeable!!
April 11, 2022
I really enjoy Judge David Ellis books but this one was really good!
September 26, 2023
I enjoyed the storyline and the twists and turns, but will admit I didn't see the twist at the end. Great characters and storyline. Well worth the read.
February 16, 2025
Дуже спокусливий початок: 6 молодих жінок жорстоко вбиті — майже у повній відповідності з рядками панк-пісні, — вбивцю, Террі Бургоса, ловлять дуже швидко, так само швидко засуджують, зрештою страчують, але його останніми словами прокурору Полу Райлі стають «я не один».
На жаль, одразу після страти книга перетворюється на нудне болото. Пол Райлі кидає прокуратуру і стає персональним адвокатом батька однієї з жертв: буквально продається за гроші, робить кар'єру і статки, зустрічається з донькою губернатора. До давньої справи його повертають вбивста журналістки і якогось рандомного охоронця, що підозріло нагадують стиль Террі.
Нового вбивцю нам показують одразу, як і його божевілля. До фіналу, який розставить всі крапки і пояснить, хто насправді кого, коли і за що вбив, доведеться продиратися крізь таку купу імен, ностальгічних вбоквелів і пояснень про каральну радянську психіатрію (що, звісно, тішить в американській книзі 2007 року видання, але), що, дійшовши туди, вже немає сил ані радіти, що Шеллі вижила, ані співчувати Макдермотту і підозрам, що стріляла насправді донька (так, це окрема сюжетна гілка, яка не впливає на основну канву, попри всі спроби автора довести читачам, що дуже впливає), ані дивуватися рокіровці Кессі і Ґвендолін.
Таке. Після чудової «Look Closer» дуже розчарування.
На жаль, одразу після страти книга перетворюється на нудне болото. Пол Райлі кидає прокуратуру і стає персональним адвокатом батька однієї з жертв: буквально продається за гроші, робить кар'єру і статки, зустрічається з донькою губернатора. До давньої справи його повертають вбивста журналістки і якогось рандомного охоронця, що підозріло нагадують стиль Террі.
Нового вбивцю нам показують одразу, як і його божевілля. До фіналу, який розставить всі крапки і пояснить, хто насправді кого, коли і за що вбив, доведеться продиратися крізь таку купу імен, ностальгічних вбоквелів і пояснень про каральну радянську психіатрію (що, звісно, тішить в американській книзі 2007 року видання, але), що, дійшовши туди, вже немає сил ані радіти, що Шеллі вижила, ані співчувати Макдермотту і підозрам, що стріляла насправді донька (так, це окрема сюжетна гілка, яка не впливає на основну канву, попри всі спроби автора довести читачам, що дуже впливає), ані дивуватися рокіровці Кессі і Ґвендолін.
Таке. Після чудової «Look Closer» дуже розчарування.
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December 23, 2024
Es un buen libro, sin duda. Me ha costado terminarlo, pero creo que es por el estilo de escritura que no me ha gustado del todo, sin embargo el desenlace me pareció extraordinario, nunca vi venir nada de lo último.
Analizando el libro, creo que cumplió muy bien con la premisa y además mostró un tema delicado como es la impartición de justicia, y de como la justicia no siempre se imparte de la mejor manera, sino que gana el que mejor sabe jugar, aunque eso no implique la búsqueda y la justicia de la verdad.
En fin, la verdad me acompañó en momentos donde estaba aburrido, y aunque, insisto, la escritura me pareció un poco extraña, como más expositiva que narrativa, creo que valió la pena.
Y nada, tal vez es el último libro del año que termino, o al menos, el último de mi genero favorito, y agradezco que me hizo reconectar con las ansias de leer suspenso, espero tener mejores lecturas y volver a sentir la misma adrenalina que en mis buenos tiempos sentí.
La literatura siempre me cambia el ánimo, y este libro lo logró también. Eso ya es un acierto.
Analizando el libro, creo que cumplió muy bien con la premisa y además mostró un tema delicado como es la impartición de justicia, y de como la justicia no siempre se imparte de la mejor manera, sino que gana el que mejor sabe jugar, aunque eso no implique la búsqueda y la justicia de la verdad.
En fin, la verdad me acompañó en momentos donde estaba aburrido, y aunque, insisto, la escritura me pareció un poco extraña, como más expositiva que narrativa, creo que valió la pena.
Y nada, tal vez es el último libro del año que termino, o al menos, el último de mi genero favorito, y agradezco que me hizo reconectar con las ansias de leer suspenso, espero tener mejores lecturas y volver a sentir la misma adrenalina que en mis buenos tiempos sentí.
La literatura siempre me cambia el ánimo, y este libro lo logró también. Eso ya es un acierto.
April 14, 2024
As with most things in my life, when I read reviews on things, I always forgo the good reviews for the bad reviews. It's very easy to discern which are hostile just for the sake of it and which have legitimate gears to grind. I read the low scoring reviews on this book and found that the issues experienced by readers were legitimate per their tastes but didn't appear to gel with mine so I went ahead with the read.
I actually really enjoyed the ride. All the twists and turns, like an old wooden roller coaster.
Lots of characters but I never lost track of them. Gruesome serial killing and fascinating interactions between detectives and lawyers. Neatly tied up at the end and not what you'd call a happy ending and I have no issue with that. Not all books need the Disney happily ever after....
I actually really enjoyed the ride. All the twists and turns, like an old wooden roller coaster.
Lots of characters but I never lost track of them. Gruesome serial killing and fascinating interactions between detectives and lawyers. Neatly tied up at the end and not what you'd call a happy ending and I have no issue with that. Not all books need the Disney happily ever after....
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