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The Two (2012)

by Will Carver(Favorite Author)

3.09 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0099551047 (ISBN13: 9780099551041)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Random House UK

series

January David Series

review 1: I hovered between giving this book one star and five, so eventually ended up in the middle. It is a weird take on the popular serial killer theme with a detective who ticks all the usual fictional boxes - over reliance on alcohol, wife problems, problems with his superiors (although this is not spelt out specifically, other than via the character Murphy who is apparently reporting back on him). To these is added an apparent psychic ability to foresee the crimes before they are committed. The narrative proceeds entirely in the first person - including the voices of the dead victims - and hops around in time, for a large part going back over and explaining what has just been hinted at earlier. Added to the strange mixture is Wiccan/Celtic/Satanic mysticism. A heady brew in... moredeed.
review 2: While there is no doubt that Will Carver is very clever in the number of twists and turns he introduces into the plotof this novel, there were too many times while reading this follow-up to 'Girl 4' where I felt totally confused in terms of what was going on and had to retrace my reading. This diminished the pleasure for me for although I like being surprised there were too many times here when I felt perplexed and wondered if Carver was doing the equivilant of a street magician and hoodwinking me with sleight-of-hand. Not a great fan of close-up magic.It is also vital to pay attention to the dates that preface each section as this was what left me confused as unlike many police procedurals events were not taking place in a linear format. I also had plenty of questions at the end of Book 1 that I had hoped to be answered here and I expect I shall have to wait for a future book in the series (unless Carver plans on leaving things unanswered). Overall, I didn't enjoy it as much as I did 'Girl 4' though still plan to see how Carver devlops January David and his world. less

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