Review: Prodigal Son intense look into madman's mind
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 23, 2013
Prodigal Son is an excellent portrayal of a killer and the ways he was shaped and formed by his environment, but still possessing that evil that allows him to act on homicidal urges. Author Christine Sutton knows her stuff, and she pulls no punches in delivering a frightening, impossible to put down hair-raiser of a novel.This book turns mostly on the nature vs. nurture theories, that is, is a man born bad or is he taught to be bad? With Timothy Shively, the question is moot -- he was raised in violence but also inherited his father's evil nature. Sutton lulls the reader into almost liking, almost caring about the vicious main character. Then she delivers the one-two punch of his brutal thoughts and actions and the reader realizes there's not going to be a happy ending here, not for this man, not for this much evil.Sutton writes beautifully and she's outdone herself in capturing this character's voice. Not a book you'll forget soon.