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Review title: Very, very, very over-touted work
Product review: While Blindsighted showed some promise, Slaughter's follow-up book loses points. She makes a number of mistakes. First, there's far too much time spent on truly unlikeable characters. Second, the two protagonists are cardboard cutouts. No? Try imagining them as friends for a minute ... Couldn't happen, as there's just not enough substance. Third, there's too little action and too much character background, one inner conflict after another, *endless* self-questioning, which is meant to show their depth I guess but only makes them look weak and unsure. Forth, I had A LOT of problems with sloppy, unrealistic procedures, as though the town wasn't staffed by professionals but was using the butcher to sub as the sheriff and the local school teacher as the doctor. Finally, a lot of the dialogue seemed forced, and some actually made me cringe.I'm not sure I'd even buy the paperback on this one.
