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Bad Signs (2011)

by R.J. Ellory(Favorite Author)

3.96 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1409104761 (ISBN13: 9781409104766)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Orion

review 1: A real page turner-I rushed through the last few chapters to see who lived and who didn't! Very violent but with a love story at its heart, and gripping throughout. Inspired in part by the teenage spree killer, Charles Starkweather, it also reminded me of Badlands, the Terrence Malik film similarly inspired, but with the young girl hooked up not with the psychopathic Martin Sheen character, but with a brother distinctly more normal!
review 2: I wasn't expecting much from this book after reading the synopsis but, boy, was I wrong! It is one of the best books I have ever read - and that is many. It is beautifully written and Ellory does a wonderful job in exploring the nature of human beings and how growing up and the building of character can go tragically wrong... more in an instant and with the added ingredients of further adversity can create a human monster, on one hand, and a caring good person on the other; in fact, mirror image personalities. This is a book I need to reflect on for a while, and enjoy, before taking another from my growing pile. less

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