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Sean Slater

Autor(a) de Survivor

5+ Works 89 Membros 7 Críticas 1 Favorited

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Includes the name: Шон Слейтер

Obras por Sean Slater

Survivor (2011) 56 exemplares
Snakes & Ladders (2012) 15 exemplares
The Guilty (2013) 9 exemplares
The Unforgiven (Jacob Striker) (2015) 8 exemplares
Target : St. Louis 1 exemplar

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Good thriller. Went on a bit.
 
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DannyKeep | Jan 2, 2021 |
This is the kind of book that you really enjoy while you are reading it, but can't really remember for long after you are finished.
 
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seldombites | 4 outras críticas | Sep 12, 2012 |
"What he saw made him reach for his pistol. Positioned on the other side of the glass was another camera."

When Detective Jacob Striker is called to the shady end of town to deal with yet another suicide, he is shaken to discover the victim is a girl his daughter went to school with. Convinced that it wasn't a suicide, Striker and his sassy hispanic partner Felicia race around town, hot on the trial of a rogue psychiatrist.

I always feel a bit so-so about these books. On the one hand, they're pacy, exciting mysteries with plenty of hints but I never manage to guess the bad guy until the reveal. On the other hand, they're filled with some pretty sick people and crimes. They often descend into stereotypes and clichés, and they always turn up on my doorstep in trade paperback form, taking up twice as much weight and volume as is really needed!

I enjoyed Slater's previous effort The Survivor, particularly his detailed knowledge of the police system and all the bureaucracy that gets in the way of the good guys just doing their jobs. I enjoy the cynicism, the fact that we never know whether other police staff are crooked, which of the psychiatrists is the bad one, or whether those phone calls from a nearly lost contact are red herrings or helpful clues.

My criticisms are pretty foreseeable - the writing is pedestrian in quality, abounding with clichés (of course Striker and Felicia have an on-off relationship which makes his already dramatic teenaged daughter even more angry!), and we really don't need a new chapter every 5 pages (109 chapters, 532 pages) - particularly when many of those chapters are only 2 pages long.

Great airport fiction. I'm not sure that the quality of the writing deserves hard-earned time off in a more tranquil environment.
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readingwithtea | Mar 24, 2012 |
This is Sean Slater's debut novel and I must say I really liked it. You get pulled in right from the start and it doesn't let you go until you close the book.

I thought the story was great. We all know that school shootng take place from the news but Slater made the plot really great. So no sully high school kid who goes on a rampage here.
No he made this story about. The background of Red Mask is well thought out and believable.

The characters are well developed. Striker is a tough man and cop, with the usual trouble for authority figures, although I must say I would hate Laroche to (he is an ass) and is trying to combine work and raising his 15 year old daughter Coutney. Courtney is a typical teenager, does everything she is told not to do and picks a fight about everything, but she is a smart girl. The relationship between father and daughter isn't that bad but a dad who is working a case 24/7 and a teenage girl combined, kind of screams trouble just like in real life.

The book is told from different points of view and that made it easier to get to know the different characters. The chapters from Red Mask's point of view gave you more insight on his motives and it made him look human eventhough everthing he does makes him a monster.

There are some very grisly and violent scenes in this book but I must say they weren't all that graphic which I thought was a shame but also makes sure that a lot of other people will be able to like this book.
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KimvA | 4 outras críticas | Aug 23, 2011 |

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Membros
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ISBN
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