Review: Explicitly Gory
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 10 7, 2012
I liked Kate at first, but as she changed to become even worse than the pirates who'd tormented her and thought nothing of the atrocities they committed, I couldn't sympathize with her. Although Griff murdered with ease when he felt it was necessary, at least he had feelings. Kate didn't seem to anymore. The gory, bloody decriptions of body parts rolling and blood gushing turned out to be mild next to some things. There is sex but very little, if any, romance. I didn't see many grammatical errors. "Food" for "foot" is probably a scanning error.All in all, the story is a disappointment. The advantage of books over movies is that books can convey the characters' thought processes. This one never did that effectively. It is more like a swashbuckling, adventure movie that is mostly action and little substance. I'd hate to think what the rating would have to be for this one. The book also leaves the reader hanging. It just ends in the middle of the story with little solved, and I'll have to get the next in the series to see what happens to Kate. I hope it has a conclusion and not so much detailed blood and guts.