![]() I don't want to put any spoilers here, but no matter how the victims acted, you still found yourself mourning for them. The mystery or crime in the book that needed to be solved was graphic, but not to graphic and had your heart aching for the victims. As for this book though, I thought Karin Slaughter did a good job of mixing the characters together, it's not always about who gets the biggest part in the book but the ones you found yourself loving and wanting to read more about and I found myself connected the most to Sara. I feel Will and Faith brought enlightenment to Sara and hopefully that enlightenment will help her get back to her old life and make her a bigger part of the next book. I keep thinking over and over how she could have gotten more pages and with what happened to her at the end of the last book, I really don't see a way she could have. I do agree that Sara didn't get as many pages in the book as I would have liked her to have, but I don't think that made or broke the book. I thought Karin Slaughter did a great job of mixing the characters together in a believable fashion and I really felt connected to each one of them. I didn't think the outcome would be lived up to either series on it's own, but I was actually surprised how it turned out and I found myself enjoying the book more than some of the others in the earlier Grant County series. When I first read she was combining the two series, I have to say I was surprised and not exactly excited with the decision. I have read all the Grant County and Will Trent books and I have been looking for to this one for a long time after the big surprise at the end of the last Grant County book. I was worried I couldn't get into the book, because of growing tired of this genre, but I found myself unable to put the book down after I purchased the book and finished it within days of buying it. I decided to read this book after a long wait, because I really was curious to what would happen to Sara. I started this book off after reading a new series of books that had nothing to do with mysteries or crime solving, I was taking a break from this type of book for awhile after finding myself growing tired of them. I am not the type to typically write reviews, but this book was so amazing that I decided I had to write something. Slaughter, I loved the mixing of the characters from the two storylines.To the readers, more enjoyable read in order. I call that the Joss Whedon effect, she is really good at it. Also be warned she is not above making you cry, she gives twists and turns you are not expecting. The downside? I have to wait a while for any new book. ![]() Her villains are really sick, or well really villainous, but the stories are great, the characters are great and I just could not stop reading until I had read them all. She is not easy to read for the squeamish, so be warned. Then this last book, brought all the characters together in one story. Slaughter started a new series, with Will Trant, and I loved these books as well. After reading the handful of Sara Linton books, Ms. I loved this book, I love this author and I love her characters!! I started this series of books and read them all straight through, on a previous review I mentioned I think you need to read these in order. However, if I put myself in the shoes of a new reader who had not read any of the previous Grant County novels I imagine that I would not be so bothered. After sticking with Slaughter following Beyond Reach I thought as a reader I deserved better. There was a Batman-style cliff hanger at the end that left me feeling that I was being manipulated into buying the next book. The only thing that bothered me about this book was the ending. As with her portrayal of Lena, Slaughter proves herself masterful at creating complex characters who are deeply wounded and personally flawed, but able to exorcise some of their demons through their work. The atrocities inflicted by the bad guy are truly horrific, and the book is painfully suspenseful throughout its 400+ pages. As a standalone novel Undone is Slaughter's best work in years. Although Undone is marketed as a Grant County novel, the only connection to the series is Sarah - Undone feels more like the start of a completely new series. It is hard to review Undone objectively, because like many of her readers I was very angry with Karin Slaughter at the conclusion of Beyond Reach. ![]() As Will and his partner Faith track the killer, Sarah slowly begins to come back to life. She crosses paths with Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent Will Trent when she attends to a female patient who has been severely injured and tortured. Sarah Linton has moved to Atlanta, lives in a loft with two greyhounds, and is working as an ER physician. Undone begins a few years after the events described in Beyond Reach.
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