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Crush (2009)

by Alan Jacobson(Favorite Author)

3.64 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1593155484 (ISBN13: 9781593155483)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Vanguard Press

series

Karen Vail

review 1: The premise of this book sounded interesting - a female FBI profiler searching for a serial killer in the Napa wine country. But, oh, it was such a painful read! I am always a little leery of male authors who write female main characters, as I think they generally have a hard time getting into a woman's head. The two main characters in this book were very different women, and neither one came across as particularly believable as real women, especially Karen, whose personality could best be described as obsessive, argumentative, judgmental and bitchy. (Not that women can't be like that, of course, but generally they have some redeeming qualities.) Her lack of interest in and care for her boyfriend and son were appalling. Secondly, I found the details around wine tasti... moreng and wine making tedious and boring, perhaps because I'm not very interested in wine, but also because they were generally delivered as monologues by potential suspects. Thirdly, it seemed like just about everyone in the novel acted suspiciously or evasively at one point, leading the reader to believe that anyone could be the killer. But the biggest problem was the ending, which was nonexistent. This was clearly part one in a two part series about this killer, and at the end of the book when the author has revealed that the mystery will not be solved, he invites everyone to purchase his next book. Shameless. I would give this only one star, except the mystery part was actually very interesting.
review 2: I bought this book at Dollar Tree mostly because of the cover and the fact the the first few pages were very well-written. Then I got into the story and found myself completely consumed. It was a very crafty read with one interesting twist after the other. My only complaint was I was so engrossed in the story and then the book ends with the author leaving me teetering on the edge of a literary cliff with the only lifeline being a teaser and plea to buy the next book. Other than that, I found the story to be very entertaining! less

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