Review: Gritty, bleak, very well-written
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 17, 2014
I'll start by saying that any book that starts with a woman getting out of the shower and then stopping to look in a full-length mirror is OK by me :-)  Seriously, though, I hesitate to say I "enjoyed" reading most of this book, because it was very bleak.  There were no happy, well-adjusted characters here, and a brutal serial killer is on the loose taking heads.  Even the weather is used effectively to set a grim atmosphere.  But the story is very compelling and well-devised, and the pacing is good.  Despite not particularly caring  for any of the characters (not because they werent well-drawn, simply because they were not that likeable), I wanted to see what would happen to them, so much so that I almost started to feel like a peeping tom.But the ending so completely blew me away that I have to say that my overall impression was one of enjoying the read in addition to admiring how well it was written.  It is definitely not for the faint of heart, or for people who feel the need for there to be some level of hope in their books.  But it is a book you won't soon forget.