Review: Amazingly Brutal
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 14, 2012
This story was gritty, edgy, and graphic. But what a story! What would you do if you lost everything and had nothing else to lose?Lisa Mills is still grieving the loss of her husband six months prior when her daughter is sexually assaulted and murdered by a pedophile, Ray Smutres.As often happens, the court system failed the victim, and the murderer walks out of the court scott free. Lisa is distraught and snaps inside courtroom and tries to kill ray by impaling a pen in his throat. Her novice attempt is easily thwarted and Ray is rushed from the courtroom by his attorney while Lisa is being physically restrained by a bailiff.When she arrives home, she has to sit through the perfunctory condolences offered by her neighbors and the police officers who failed her. It is at that moment when Lisa decides that she will be the harbinger and bringer of vengeance.She embarks on a journey of macabre retribution.The Hate was a dark and dismal tale about what could happen when a person is fed up with a criminal justice system allows repeat criminals to escape justice.This was a novella length book but most definitely a powerful story of desperation and vigilante justice.