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Blindsighted (Grant County, #1)
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There’s just something about Karin Slaughter’s books that reels me in. I guess I’m a bit biased when it comes to her work, because even though I didn’t particularly like the plot or how the characters were written, for the life of me, I couldn’t really hate it.
Can we all agree that Sara is an annoying female character? And oh man, Jeffrey? He’s too weak for a cop if you ask me. Like, you’ve been doing this for about twenty years, but you still act like it’s your first rodeo with murder? Totally unreliable. I felt like Sara was the cop leading the investigation, not him.
Also, I don’t mind a bit of romance, just a tiny bit, but the tug-of-war relationship between Sara and Jeffrey is cheesy enough to make me cringe. Miscommunication is a thing, and they’re basking in it on every page they’re in. Ugh.
Overall, I didn’t like this one. But since it’s Karin, and I’ve read much better books from her, I’ll let this one fade into the shadows of books I won’t think about again.
Can we all agree that Sara is an annoying female character? And oh man, Jeffrey? He’s too weak for a cop if you ask me. Like, you’ve been doing this for about twenty years, but you still act like it’s your first rodeo with murder? Totally unreliable. I felt like Sara was the cop leading the investigation, not him.
Also, I don’t mind a bit of romance, just a tiny bit, but the tug-of-war relationship between Sara and Jeffrey is cheesy enough to make me cringe. Miscommunication is a thing, and they’re basking in it on every page they’re in. Ugh.
Overall, I didn’t like this one. But since it’s Karin, and I’ve read much better books from her, I’ll let this one fade into the shadows of books I won’t think about again.
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November 12, 2024
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Nov 16, 2024 06:23AM
This was Slaughter's breakout book that started her Grant County series. It was hyped quite quite a bit. I read the entire Will Trent series first and backtracked to Blindsighted. I am a die hard fan but would acknowledge that this was not on par with the novels to follow. She is a master storyteller and her willingness to go darker than any other female author (Tami Hoag, Tests Gerritsen, Lisa Gardner) simply catapults Slaughter into darn near extreme horror in some cases. She basically can do no wrong with me unless she inserts religion or politics into her novels.
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Pisces! Your comment is totally spot on. I feel the same way about Karin. This is my first book of the Grant Counry series and although this did not leave a mark to me unlike other Karin's works, I feel like I need to read the entire series. Haha.
Nice review! I love it!
