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Review title: Crapfest
Product review: I found this book bothersome because it relies on sensationalized violence to grip its readers over smart plotting or interesting characters. Do we really need to read about a killer raping wounds or knocking out the front teeth of his victims to enhance his sexual gratification? This level of detail would be acceptable if it were an integral part of the plot or characters. While it's predictable who the killer is and how he is going to die, his motivations come out of left field, rendering all the detective work of the protagonists moot.I'm not a prude, but it just seems that Slaughter had an agenda to out-gruesome Thomas Harris. She succeeded.
