Title: Violence and Gore
Product review: I have read other books by David Baldacci (Wish You Well / Christmas Train) and thought him to be a very talented writer. Hour Game is a tough read -- I had to persevere and fight an increasing sense of alienation and desire to return the book unfinished. The story focuses on grisly murders and does not spare the reader any of the gory details -- including several trips to the morgue to oversee in vivid detail what the Medical Examiner was doing to the bodies. I had the impression Baldacci was entangled in an immature flashback to childhood where as a boy he delighted in grossing out his peers. Interesting characters were presented, but their depth was not developed. It was also impossible to embrace a heroine who would push crude, disgusting sexual gestures and comments off on her well-mannered, brilliant partner.
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