Review: solid story but would have liked to know before reading *spoiler*
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 5, 2011
Before I get into my spoiler I would like to say I was initially enjoying this book a great deal.  I could see from the start in what direction the story was going to go but it was nice to read along and get there in the authors time.  The writing was excellent.Also, I read a little more than 1/2 the story and was personally upset by 2 things that had happened and could not get past it(I read to get away from these particualr types of things), so I skimmed a great deal of the remainder and read the ending.  I can't say what bothered me unless I make a small bit of a spoiler.That said, if you want to know why I rated this a 3 star vs. 4 or 5, you will have to read the spoiler.  Please remember that for me, this was a very personal reason and not everyone is going to feel the same.***minor spoiler alert***do not read further if you do not want to know a small piece of the story***spoiler***spoiler***there is no nice way to put this so, two infants were killed in the beginning of the story, one died of SIDS, which I could deal with, the second was murdered, which I cant deal with.  There is plenty of that in the news without my reading about it in a book.  I even feel that if that is the best an author can do, it is a poor offering.  Most stories can be written without abuse of children.  I could find no legitimate reason why the author could not have found another way to accomplish his goals.  Additionally, the murderers jumped from petty theivery to murdering 3 people in a cruel way which I found unrealistic.