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Title: Shockingly Horrific
Review: As I began this book, I was hopeful I could disagree with the harsh criticism from some of the reviewers here. But, I can not. It is hard to believe this is the same author who gave us Track Of The Cat, Firestorm, and Blind Descent. The opening pages of this story were rather choppy. Awkward sentences and abrupt changes in scene made the story hard to follow. Then the writing evened out and the story became somewhat interesting until it neared the conclusion, which was shockingly horrific. Disgusting even. It isn't that I am overly sensitive to this sort of thing...I read Dean Koontz, Stephen King and other novels with plenty of horror in them. But I come to Nevada Barr's books expecting, needing something different. I hope this was an experiment and not a trend she intends to follow in future books.
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