Extremely Awesome, 10. November 2008

This book is really really great. It keeps you awake at night because you want to know what happens next. One disadvantage skin privilege und beyond reach are the same books. I made the mistake of buying them both cause i really love karin slaughter and was excited that 2 new books were on the market but you can imagine my dissapointment when i read the first pages of each book and they were exactly the same but with different titles. So read the book but be careful not to buy them both.Despite that I love Karin Slaughter. Have every book from her and cant put them away when start reading. bye everyone and enjoy!

      Enttäuschend!!, 12. August 2008

So, für mich ist klar: Karin Slaughter ist abgehakt! Schon der letzte Sara & Jeffrey Krimi hatte diverse Schwächen, aber nun ist die Reihe endgültig in jeder Hinsicht am Ende:Es ist schon gegen jede Wahrscheinlichkeit, welch ein Magnet für Unheil Sara, Jeffrey und Lena darstellen. Lena wird hier zur völlig unglaubwürdigen Katastrophenzone in dieser absurden und abstrusen Handlung. Slaughter hat ihren Roman in Einzelteile zerlegt und ihre Kapitel in wilden Zeitsprüngen neu zusammengebastelt. Nur leider machen diese Sprünge den Roman weder spannender noch besser; im ersten Kapitel eine Szene aus der Mitte des Romans als Karotte vor die Nase zu halten, wird schließlich zur Bruchlandung. Ich hatte selten das Gefühl dermaßener Fehlkonstruktion und Implausibilität wie in diesem Krimi; oft habe ich mich gefragt, warum Lena nicht einfach ihr sonst so großes Mundwerk aufmachen und Sara im Krankenhaus die gesamte Geschichte erzählen kann. Wie dumm Lena hier reagiert, fand ich unglaubwürdig, aber an Unglaubwürdigkeit krankt hier die ganze Geschichte. Welchen Sinn hat es, die Geschichte um Lenas Mutter neu aufzurollen? Wie kann Lena von all den Begebenheiten in ihrer Familie gar nichts mitbekommen haben? Warum sollte Hank sich plötzlich zum Retter des Kaffs gegen die Meth-Nazis aufspielen wollen? Man versteht wirklich nichts. Selbst das Ende - ein Knaller, der auf mich aber eher schal denn überzeugend gewirkt hat, eine Art gwaltsamer Befreiungsschlag der Autorin.Es ist der schlechteste aller Slaughter-Romane; ganz offensichtlich ist sie ihrer Figuren mehr als überdrüssig. Und ich brauch erst mal eine ganz ganz ganz ganz lange Pause, bis ich wieder eins ihrer Werke kaufe! Null Sterne.

      Aufpassen Doppelgänger!!!, 12. August 2008

Ich habe mir auch die Bücher Skin Privilege und Beyond Reach gekauft.Leider musste ich feststellen, dass es sich hier um genau die gleichen Bücher handelt, nur unter einem anderen Titel. Ich weiß zwar nicht, wie so etwas möglich ist, das gleiche Buch unter anderem Titel zu veröffentlichen.Dennoch hat mir der Thriller sehr gut gefallen. Nachdem ich vom letzten Buch etwas enttäuscht war, hat mich diese Folge positiv überrascht. Sehr spannend und immer wieder unerwartete Wendungen. Auch der Schluss rundet das Buch super ab.

       A terryfing journey into Lena's past and hometown, 22. März 2008

I finished reading "Skin Privilege" quite a while ago. Although didn't take me long to finish, it took me quite a while to stomach it:Whereas in "Indelible" the readers accompanied Sarah and Jeffrey on a journey into their past, "Skin Privilege" is mainly a journey into Lena's past and into her hometown Reece/Georgia: Lena hasn't been able to reach Hank in nearly two weeks and a neighbor of Hank's also called to let her know that Hank is in a bad condition. Therefore she grudgingly decides to drive to Reece and to check up on him.Once she arrives at Reece, she passes by a guy leaving Hank's bar. He bears a tattoo with a read swastika. She finds Hank indeed in a very bad condition indeed - he is using again. In his drug stupor Hank tells Lena that the guy with the swastika tattoo killed her mother..... Lena, an already very troubled person, suddenly has to question her past, her involvement with white supremacist Ethan Green and whether everything she has been told has been a lie. Hardheaded and curios to the bone, she starts nosing around, encounters really dangerous people and is in extreme danger again. To top things off she is suddenly a murder suspect and goes into hiding...Sara & Jeffrey have been on an adoption agency's waiting list for several months, besides Sara is in the middle of a malpractice suit and on a down low as Jeffrey asks her to accompany him to Reece. They find out that some *very* shady things are going on in Reece. Lena keeps calling and telling them to leave ASAP, because Reece is too darn dangerous for them..."Skin Privilege" has Slaughter's trademark graphic descriptions of brutality. To me it has been the most thrilling and intense book in the Grant-County series yet. It is chilling to the bone, horrible and very sad. It sort of draws you in. You can't stop because you are terrified for the main characters - you just have to keep on reading to know the outcome.Result: Although "Skin Privilege" is like a severe punch to the gut (you will know why after having finished reading), is worth every single cent! If I were you, I wouldn't waste a single day and order it N-O-W! I can't wait to get my hands on the follow-up, which probably won't be out before 2009, however.Do yourselves a favor though: Please do not read the letter Slaughter mentions in her acknowledgements, before you have finished reading the book. Besides containing *several* major spoilers, reading her letter on her webpage is like yet another severe punch to the gut.

        A terryfing journey into Lena's past and hometown, 5. Februar 2008

I finished reading "Skin Privilege" a good while ago. It didn't take me long to finish, but it took me quite a while to stomach:Whereas in "Indelible" the readers accompanied Sarah and Jeffrey on a journey into their past, "Skin Privilege" is mainly a journey into Lena's past and into her hometown Reece/Georgia: Lena hasn't been able to reach Hank in nearly two weeks and a neighbor of Hank's also called to let her know that Hank is in a bad condition. Therefore she grudgingly decides to drive to Reece and to check up on him.Once she arrives at Reece, she passes by a guy leaving Hank's bar. He bears a tattoo with a read swastika. She finds Hank indeed in a very bad condition indeed - he is using again. In his drug stupor Hank tells Lena that the guy with the swastika tattoo killed her mother..... Lena, an already very troubled person, suddenly has to question her past, her involvement with white supremacist Ethan Green and whether everything she has been told has been a lie. Hardheaded and curios to the bone, she starts nosing around, encounters really dangerous people and is in extreme danger again. To top things off she is suddenly a murder suspect and goes into hiding...Sara & Jeffrey have been on an adoption agency's waiting list for several months, besides Sara is in the middle of a malpractice suit and on a down low as Jeffrey asks her to accompany him to Reece. They find out that some *very* shady things are going on in Reece. Lena keeps calling and telling them to leave ASAP, because Reece is too darn dangerous for them..."Skin Privilege" has Slaughter's trademark graphic descriptions of brutality. To me it has been the most thrilling and intense book in the Grant-County series yet. It is chilling to the bone, horrible and very sad. It sort of draws you in. You can't stop because you are terrified for the main characters - you just have to keep on reading to know the outcome.Result: Although "Skin Privilege" is like a severe punch to the gut (you will know why after having finished reading), is worth every single cent! If I were you, I wouldn't waste a single day and order it N-O-W! I can't wait to get my hands on the follow-up, which probably won't be out before another two years' time, however.Do yourselves a favor though: Please do not read the letter Slaughter mentions in her acknowledgements, before you have finished reading the book. Besides containing *several* major spoilers, reading her letter on her webpage is like yet another severe punch to the gut.