Barry who enjoys well-written thrillers, mysteries , & espionage & loathes romance, horror & supernat's Reviews > Furious

Just finished Furious and I must say that I have rarely had such a strong visceral reaction to a book. Ragan does a superb job of creating the impact and emotion that the mom, as well as those around her, experience when her husband is killed and her nine and ten year old children are snatched by three unknown men (these facts are not spoilers - I don't do spoilers).

Ragan further does a wonderful job of showing the broad impact of such an event by shifting back and forth between the mom, her daughter and her son, as each experiences the horror of child abduction and human trafficking in a different setting, the kids having been separated.

Furious paints the most complete clear picture of human trafficking, from both parent's and child's pespective that I have encountered.

There are some flaws which I am duty bound, as a semi-reliable Goodreads Reviewer, to highlight. The ending is not very realistic or satisfying. Although I understand that there are two further books in this series, I would have the ending in this one substantially rewritten as it is just too implausible. In addition, Ragan should do a bit more research in areas with which she is unfamiliar, such as firearms and their use. Although calling a shotgun, a rifle is not an egregious mistake, such things are distractions making the author seem ill-informed, and easily eliminated.

Nonetheless, this is a very fine book that I have no compunction about recommending to other Goodreads readers.