Review: Came a Shadow -a thriller?
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 30, 2014
Apparently this book is the first in a trilogy. I'm just not sure where I stand on that premise. This book ends with the killer well into his eighties. He is a man who has struggled with his demons his entire life and with all of that, the only real time spent with this man is at the young age of eight and then later as a teen through young adulthood. we learn all about the terrible atrocities he endures throughout his life but spend little actual time in his company. the book takes a long time with one of his victim's father/family and the destruction he caused. Too much time for my tastes. the story seemed to drag on but was interesting enough that I wanted to find out what happened. I just don't know how I ultimately feel. I think the author spent too much time with every detail of the destruction of the victim's family and not enough with how the actual killer went through a long life undetected. I guess that's why it's book one? however, I don't know that I want to invest any more time with this storyline. I think maybe this just wasn't for me. and I wouldn't classify it as a thriller.  Good enough mystery although you know really early on who the killer is. I am definitely ambivalent on this one and on recommending it to others. maybe if you have time to invest and plan to read the rest of the trilogy. I don't think I will.