Good book, a bit too graphic for me.
922829
It's a good book, but really gorey, but I guess expected for a crime novel? I'd like to have had some additional information and interviews with psychologist/psychiatrists.
2899100
I ordered this book for my 10-year-old son based on the recommendation of A bookstore employee. He read them before me and when I read them to be able to discuss them with him I was actually a bit surprised by the graphic content of these books. While I think the author was conveyed the ugliness of fanaticism from several points of view, it may have been a little bit more than I wanted to expose my 10-year-old to. Overall, a powerful set of books, but, I would hold off on giving them to children younger then 15
1694178
Gerri Hill always writes a good book. The characters are well fleshed out and the story line was realistic. Yes - the romance felt real - believable and the sex scenes were good.  A great read for those who appreciate CSI or similar type shows.
However, it was a little too gruesome for my liking and one of the lead characters was harmed in a way that I did not think was necessary - nor did I think it enhanced the storyline.  In fact this kind of harm would have been life changing and certainly it was with disbelief that I read she had sex less than a week after.
4926522
This book contains graphic and very distressing descriptions of torture. If, like me, you are deeply disturbed by scenes of one human being inflicting ghastly physical pain on another, you should not read this book.

I give it three stars but this is not a real book review because I don't feel qualified to render a judgment. It was too upsetting for me to continue reading to the end. Some may find these scenes exciting or at least justified for the sake of the plot. Others may find them gratuitously violent and sadistic.

I hope these words are helpful as a guide for readers like me with weak stomachs and little tolerance for violence.
4271081
Very interesting book, too much graphic  violence for my taste. Also so much is happening that while interesting at times confusing.
82440
The book held my interest most of the way through, but some of the scenes were just too grisly for me.  I didn't care for the sex scenes either, but that's just my personal taste.  The author is a talented writer, however, and I'm looking forward to reading more of his books.
3992982
I enjoyed this book. I will say that it was slightly predictable and followed an typical dislike to love patterned story. The characters were multifaceted which made for a good read. A little too descriptive in the physical scenes for my taste. I caught myself blushing a few times. I gave it 4 stars because it may be too sexually graphic for certain audiences. For example,I wouldn't use this for a book club .
1560094
I was really enjoying the plot and well-researched historical elements, but found the sexual elements to be too graphic and frequent for my taste.  For people who do not wish to read stories with sexual themes, you may want to avoid this book.
4360552
I loved McCormick's book Sold, so I purchased this, hoping for more of the same. While, I learned a great deal about this horrific event, I found the book to be gratuitously graphic. Half-way through the novel, the horror of splattered brains no longer moved me. Perhaps, that was the point: after so much gore one becomes desensitized, just as the main character had become. Still, I longed for the restraint and lyricism I admired in Sold. Nonetheless, I would recommend the book for its historic and important content.
2429907
Good and very detailed. Wish it was more graphic and less phone-booky.
4258315
The pictures are extremely graphic.  Very interesting book though, but felt guilt for getting entertainment from their oddities.
1564949
There was a bit too much graphic grisly detail for my taste and dragged out at times but overall was a good story.
4229915
Well written and good characters, just too graphic for my tastes.  It was nice that he avoided some of the verbal tics from his other books I've read in this one. No fists pistoned and nobody went a- over teakettle.  If you don't mind a little ultraviolence, this is worth your time.
555576
I enjoyed this book but it contained a lot of gore and brutality.  The storyline itself was well thought out and well thought out. It kept my attention. It was a fast read. I don't think this book is for young people it was just too brutal. The author states it was fiction but I suspect much of it was true.
3017990
I found the "adventures" of Darc and Trey to make for a page-turning book.  It is EXTREMELY graphic, which is  not usually to my taste. Murder, blood, and gore don't do it for me.  What I find fascinating is the descriptions of how Darcmel's mind works.  Many things are not explained because Darc is almost non-verbal, but we are allowed to follow the "lines" in his mind.  I don't know if any other autistic people's minds work as his does, but that makes the book for me.  If the violence  bothers you, just skip over it until you see the lines moving.  You'll like it. So far, the good guy wins.
4217234
It's actually a quite engaging story. But there's rather a lot of sexually explicit content, and I wish that the one kid would stop jerking off to thoughts of violence -- I get that he's like this evil creature inside, I just don't want to read about what him actually doing it in front of me. I stopped part-way through because of how weird I felt about it. If you're okay with it, it seems like a really good story.
1043348
Good book for many, just not for me. I don't discourage reading it. Quite a good story, just too much story to it for my taste.