《Unspeakable》的评论 http://www.books-sales.com/unspeakable books shopping Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:27:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 admin http://www.books-sales.com/unspeakable#comment-5997 admin Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:51:13 +0000 http://www.books-sales.com/unspeakable#comment-5997 By Tracy Vest (Northern California) When Delray Corbett discovers that his stepson Carol Herbold has escaped from prison, he's concerned that he might venture back to Texas. He reluctantly hires drifter Jack Sawyer, who has his own agenda, as further protection for his deaf daughter-in-law Anna and grandson David. Newly retired sheriff Ezzy is trying to solve the decades old murder of town harlot Patsy. Everyone in town assumes it was the Herbold brothers - he was just never able to prove it. His obsession with the case wreaks havoc on his marriage. As Jack spends more time with the Corbett family, he feels a sense of family that he has never had as well as a deep attraction to Anna. When tragedy strikes the family, Jack is there to help Anna cope, learning her language and providing a strong shoulder. As the Herbold brothers venture south to Mexico, a side trip to the East Texas town for retribution with Delray on the agenda. Will Jack be able to protect his new "family?" Brown manages to give a voice to Anna, and provides plenty of chemistry between her leads, but the story is told in excruciating detail; she could easily peel away 100pages and it still would be far too long. Carl is one of her more menacing and unredeemable characters. He is evil incarnate, and not above proving it from chapter to chapter. "Unspeakable" is a pretty average novel (and a little disappointing for fans of Browns later novels); recommended only for true Brown fans that want to read her full library of offerings. By Tracy Vest (Northern California)
When Delray Corbett discovers that his stepson Carol Herbold has escaped from prison, he’s concerned that he might venture back to Texas. He reluctantly hires drifter Jack Sawyer, who has his own agenda, as further protection for his deaf daughter-in-law Anna and grandson David. Newly retired sheriff Ezzy is trying to solve the decades old murder of town harlot Patsy. Everyone in town assumes it was the Herbold brothers - he was just never able to prove it. His obsession with the case wreaks havoc on his marriage. As Jack spends more time with the Corbett family, he feels a sense of family that he has never had as well as a deep attraction to Anna. When tragedy strikes the family, Jack is there to help Anna cope, learning her language and providing a strong shoulder. As the Herbold brothers venture south to Mexico, a side trip to the East Texas town for retribution with Delray on the agenda. Will Jack be able to protect his new “family?”

Brown manages to give a voice to Anna, and provides plenty of chemistry between her leads, but the story is told in excruciating detail; she could easily peel away 100pages and it still would be far too long. Carl is one of her more menacing and unredeemable characters. He is evil incarnate, and not above proving it from chapter to chapter. “Unspeakable” is a pretty average novel (and a little disappointing for fans of Browns later novels); recommended only for true Brown fans that want to read her full library of offerings.

]]> admin http://www.books-sales.com/unspeakable#comment-5996 admin Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:50:29 +0000 http://www.books-sales.com/unspeakable#comment-5996 By W. Kaplan "calyndula" (Wynnewood, PA United States) First let me say that I love Sandra Brown; I have read all her romances, and I loved "Fat Tuesday," the first of her mysteries that I happened to pick up. But I could not, no matter how hard I tried, stick with "Unspeakable," even though I read more than half the book. I had to force myself to pick it up; finally I gave up. This is a demented "Of Mice and Men" on a drug trip gone bad. I am not squeamish when it comes to graphic descriptions in a murder novel, but there is something about the descriptions in this book that turned my stomach, starting in the first pages with the description of a disembowling of a mouse. I simply could not go on; I felt sick. I skipped to the end, because I did have some curiosity about what finally happened, so I guess Brown had me hooked on some level. But not enough to keep me going. By W. Kaplan “calyndula” (Wynnewood, PA United States)
First let me say that I love Sandra Brown; I have read all her romances, and I loved “Fat Tuesday,” the first of her mysteries that I happened to pick up.
But I could not, no matter how hard I tried, stick with “Unspeakable,” even though I read more than half the book. I had to force myself to pick it up; finally I gave up. This is a demented “Of Mice and Men” on a drug trip gone bad. I am not squeamish when it comes to graphic descriptions in a murder novel, but there is something about the descriptions in this book that turned my stomach, starting in the first pages with the description of a disembowling of a mouse. I simply could not go on; I felt sick.

I skipped to the end, because I did have some curiosity about what finally happened, so I guess Brown had me hooked on some level. But not enough to keep me going.

]]> admin http://www.books-sales.com/unspeakable#comment-5995 admin Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:50:01 +0000 http://www.books-sales.com/unspeakable#comment-5995 By Theresa W (mi, usa) This is my first book by Sandra Brown, I picked it up after reading the synopsis on the back cover. I became immediately enthralled in the book and enjoyed it until the very end, wondering who the killer was. I'll admit though, about 3/4ths of the way through I had a guess, and it was correct. That's kind of cool though. Ok, I've read several reviews on this book that I am very disappointed with. I don't know if they are coming from people who have weak stomach's or what, but their comments are a little off base to me. I did not feel that this book was too gory or that it was overboard in the scenes. Sure the descriptions were down the tee, but isn't that what you want when you're reading a book? Do you honestly think that when you pick up a murder mystery book that some blood and gore are out of place? Isn't that what murder is? I just think it's unfair for those comments to deter people from reading this book that I thought was a great read. By Theresa W (mi, usa)
This is my first book by Sandra Brown, I picked it up after reading the synopsis on the back cover. I became immediately enthralled in the book and enjoyed it until the very end, wondering who the killer was. I’ll admit though, about 3/4ths of the way through I had a guess, and it was correct. That’s kind of cool though.
Ok, I’ve read several reviews on this book that I am very disappointed with. I don’t know if they are coming from people who have weak stomach’s or what, but their comments are a little off base to me. I did not feel that this book was too gory or that it was overboard in the scenes. Sure the descriptions were down the tee, but isn’t that what you want when you’re reading a book? Do you honestly think that when you pick up a murder mystery book that some blood and gore are out of place? Isn’t that what murder is? I just think it’s unfair for those comments to deter people from reading this book that I thought was a great read.

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