Faithless by Karin Slaughter
Faithless has definitely been my least favorite of the Grant Country books and I have been putting off writing the review to the point where it is getting ridiculous. The book was not bad, far from it. I blame the synopsis for my opinion on the book.
One evening, Sara and Jeffrey and in the woods by the lake when they stumble (literally) across a box buried into the ground, a box containing the body of a young woman. They hope that by ID-ing the woman, they will be able to get some answers to what happened to her, but both her identity and autopsy lead to more questions. From the get-go, Lena is hesitant of the girls family with their religious ramblings and cult-like cooperative, but none of them would have guessed that the darkness in the family had been going on much longer than recent events.
So what was disappointing was that on the synopsis, it states "the identity of a killer who is more evil and dangerous than anyone could have guessed." I pegged who the murderer was pretty early on, but I told myself there was no chance it was him because his motive wasn't evil and dangerous enough. I mean, year, it was evil and dangerous, but it made it sound like this guy was the Son of Sam, so I spent the entire book awaiting this huge reveal and it never came. This was also the first time I read the synopsis before starting the book, so maybe I should have kept with my theme.
The plot was very interesting. You not only have kids who have been buried in boxes to be taught a "lesson," but toxic masculinity, spousal abuse, and insurance fraud. I mean, I have worked in insurance, so insurance fraud is always interesting to me, but the lengths this person has gone to with it is amazing, and scarily, very smart.
Growing up in the Bible Belt, the religious fanatics seemed pretty legit. I have heard these ramblings from people in stores, people I have worked with, and politicians who use fear mongering. Because of this, I completely understood why Lena was so hesitant about the whole situation. I was a little annoyed at Jeffrey with not trusting Lena throughout the book. He continues to tell Sara that she needs to trust him again, but he isn't ready to trust Lena again, and a cop not trusting their instincts can get them or other people killed. Because of Lena trying to get back in the good graces of Jeffrey, she spends the entire book not listening to what she knows to be true, and because of that, they are too late in apprehending the killer.
Honestly, by this point, Jeffrey is really beginning to annoy the hell out of me. He is so hot and cold about Sara and Lena; he becomes aggressive when it's not necessary and lenient when it is; and man, can he whine. I am hoping that Sara finally agreeing to marry him will shut him up a little bit.
Lena is still dating the ass hat, Ethan Green, and it is more annoying than Jeffrey's behavior. She is an officer who is called to domestic disputes, and tells other women to leave their situation, but still lets Ethan treat her like a punching bag. She even admits that she enjoys it. Speaking as someone who has left a person who could be very similar to Ethan, I do not understand what she means when she says that she enjoys provoking him. It's one thing to not be able to leave, or even want to leave. I understand that fear and love you feel in this situation; I even understand the occasional antagonizing. I do not understand her hypocrisy. At least she handles it in the end.
Overall, it wasn't a horrible book, it was my own expectations that got in the way. But I am kind of glad to be on the last book and move onto a new author after this, at least for a little bit. I still haven't decided if I will read her other series yet.
Rating: 5/10
Author: Karin Slaughter
Series: Grant County (Book 5 of 6)
Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Dates Read: February 11-13, 2020
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| (Source: Kelsey Darling) |
So what was disappointing was that on the synopsis, it states "the identity of a killer who is more evil and dangerous than anyone could have guessed." I pegged who the murderer was pretty early on, but I told myself there was no chance it was him because his motive wasn't evil and dangerous enough. I mean, year, it was evil and dangerous, but it made it sound like this guy was the Son of Sam, so I spent the entire book awaiting this huge reveal and it never came. This was also the first time I read the synopsis before starting the book, so maybe I should have kept with my theme.
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| (Source: Giphy) |
Growing up in the Bible Belt, the religious fanatics seemed pretty legit. I have heard these ramblings from people in stores, people I have worked with, and politicians who use fear mongering. Because of this, I completely understood why Lena was so hesitant about the whole situation. I was a little annoyed at Jeffrey with not trusting Lena throughout the book. He continues to tell Sara that she needs to trust him again, but he isn't ready to trust Lena again, and a cop not trusting their instincts can get them or other people killed. Because of Lena trying to get back in the good graces of Jeffrey, she spends the entire book not listening to what she knows to be true, and because of that, they are too late in apprehending the killer.
Honestly, by this point, Jeffrey is really beginning to annoy the hell out of me. He is so hot and cold about Sara and Lena; he becomes aggressive when it's not necessary and lenient when it is; and man, can he whine. I am hoping that Sara finally agreeing to marry him will shut him up a little bit.
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| (Source: Giphy) |
Overall, it wasn't a horrible book, it was my own expectations that got in the way. But I am kind of glad to be on the last book and move onto a new author after this, at least for a little bit. I still haven't decided if I will read her other series yet.
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| (Source: Giphy) |
Author: Karin Slaughter
Series: Grant County (Book 5 of 6)
Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Dates Read: February 11-13, 2020
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