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houseofjules 's review for:
Genesis
by Karin Slaughter
I am on the fence about the rating. Some elements, such as the writing deserve a 3.5 if not a 4. But some parts of the story and characters had me rolling my eyes, deserving of a 2.
As with other reviews, I will mention the unlikeable characters as a big factor for my rating. Many of the characters are just simply one dimensional "mean bitches" and have no other qualities. I felt no sympathy for the victims of this book.
However the first thing that made me cringe about this story is (with this being my first read in this series, not knowing until after I started, that this was #3) was that Will is illiterate. Meaning, if something caused this for him in books 1 or 2, I am unaware of it. I just, could not bring myself to believe it was possible for person, no matter how rough a childhood, 1 not learn how to read, and 2 make it in a career where filing reports, sending emails, and jotting down quick notes are so essential in the job. I mean for fuck's sake he doesn't even know which is left and right, that's reaching. Perhaps I'm unreasonable, and as much as illiterate people do exist, I don't think they often make it to detective.
Then comes the pro life message, or at least that's what it came across as. Reluctant woman has baby and is unsure if she wants to keep it, but once there's any chance of a miscarriage, she cries and screams about the baby etc. I suppose that part of the story was just not my cup of tea.
Then we comes to the police brutality and the wanna-be-revenge-sex-but-comes-across-as-SA interaction between Will and his wife who is one of the, if not the most, incredibly unlikeable characters. The list can go on.
When I reached the last 100 pages or so I felt like I wanted to stop, but I pushed thru to the end. The ending is pretty good and its nice that we are given answers to all our questions, but I feel like this book could have been edited down to a much better version.
And no, Will feeling bad for beating up a suspect doesn't make me like him as a character after the fact. The same way I wouldn't forgive someone for burning my house simply because they felt bad afterwards.
As with other reviews, I will mention the unlikeable characters as a big factor for my rating. Many of the characters are just simply one dimensional "mean bitches" and have no other qualities. I felt no sympathy for the victims of this book.
However the first thing that made me cringe about this story is (with this being my first read in this series, not knowing until after I started, that this was #3) was that Will is illiterate. Meaning, if something caused this for him in books 1 or 2, I am unaware of it. I just, could not bring myself to believe it was possible for person, no matter how rough a childhood, 1 not learn how to read, and 2 make it in a career where filing reports, sending emails, and jotting down quick notes are so essential in the job. I mean for fuck's sake he doesn't even know which is left and right, that's reaching. Perhaps I'm unreasonable, and as much as illiterate people do exist, I don't think they often make it to detective.
Then comes the pro life message, or at least that's what it came across as. Reluctant woman has baby and is unsure if she wants to keep it, but once there's any chance of a miscarriage, she cries and screams about the baby etc. I suppose that part of the story was just not my cup of tea.
Then we comes to the police brutality and the wanna-be-revenge-sex-but-comes-across-as-SA interaction between Will and his wife who is one of the, if not the most, incredibly unlikeable characters. The list can go on.
When I reached the last 100 pages or so I felt like I wanted to stop, but I pushed thru to the end. The ending is pretty good and its nice that we are given answers to all our questions, but I feel like this book could have been edited down to a much better version.
And no, Will feeling bad for beating up a suspect doesn't make me like him as a character after the fact. The same way I wouldn't forgive someone for burning my house simply because they felt bad afterwards.