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Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter
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Wow, what a book.
I must honestly say that at first I was skeptical, wondering what all the Karin Slaughter-commotion was about. But now I've read part one of the series, I understand that one wants to read the rest .... I am now addicted too...

The beginning of the book grabs you by the throat and it will not let you go until you're all the way through. I enjoyed the read and will certainly try to lay hands on the other parts of the series to read them too.

Occasionally I got the chills when quite the descriptions of the crimes were quite direct and explicit, but overall it was a good thriller. ( )
  BoekenTrol71 | Mar 31, 2013 |
This is the first Karin Slaughter book I have read.
To be honest I was disappointed. Potentialy the story could have been alot better.
The main character Sara Linton was ok but not really that beliveable.
She is the medical examiner of a small town in the US. The Sheriff is ex husband, She tries to save a blind girl who has been horribly raped. Then a student suffers the same fate and then kills herself. Finally she rescues the blind girls twin sister who is a Police woman. The rapist was Sara's new boyfriend. Could have been better written I think. ( )
  Daftboy1 | Feb 11, 2013 |
I accidentally read one of the later books in this series, Skin Privilege, back in April, and really enjoyed it, so I decided it was time to start at the beginning and catch up on the characters' back stories... This novel introduces Sara Linton, Grant County paediatrician and coroner, as well as the other two key players in the series: her ex-husband, Chief of Police Jeffrey Tolliver, and his feisty young detective Lena Adams. Where Skin Privilege focussed on drug running and authority corruption, Blindsighted highlights sexual violence, manipulation, and what happens to individuals, couples and families in the aftermath of rape.

It opens with Sara finding Sibyl Adams, Lena's blind twin sister, raped, drugged and mutilated, in the bathroom of the local diner. Despite her best efforts, Sibyl dies in her arms. A familiar and well-loved face around town, her death throws the locals into turmoil, raising old demons, causing huge professional and personal conflict for Lena, and pushing Sara and Jeff together as they struggle to find a lead that might help them track down the killer. When the mysterious predator strikes again, drugging and crucifying a young student, the race is on to stop him before he can strike a third time. As a reader, as a woman - as a human being - this is brutal, thought-provoking and disturbing material, but once again I found that once I was wrapped up in Slaughter's claustrophobic small-town web, it was very hard to wrench myself free.

Although Slaughter doesn't hold back with the grisly description and clinical details of the crimes in her novels, I think their strength really lies in her characters. They are not secondary to the violence being committed, nor are they shallow vessels for justice. Changing the third-person viewpoint every so often allows the reader an insight into each of the main characters and their motives, and the author explores their personal journeys and complicated relationships with such warmth that we can't help but invest in their wellbeing and success. Her female characters are particularly well-drawn; Sara is a strong woman who has overcome a tragic past to stand tall at Jeffrey's side through everything the novel throws at her, and Lena is certainly a tough cookie, but in a more headstrong and stubborn way. Jeffrey is almost the weakest of the three, in a sense, despite his role at the head of the investigation!

Overall, despite the odd couple of slow moments (where Slaughter became a bit too character-centric and seemed to forget about all the urgent and exciting things she'd set into motion that I wanted to get back to!), this was another well-plotted, emotive and gripping read that I ended up liking more than Skin Privilege. Gruesome truths are revealed with expert timing for maximum visceral impact, the autopsy scenes are painstakingly authentic, the relationships between characters are sympathetic and very astutely observed, and I learned some fascinating details about belladonna (the killer's drug of choice) as well. If I can learn something interesting while I'm being entertained then so much the better! Recommended for crime/thriller fans with a strong(ish) stomach and a keen interest in the bizarre and bleak world that is the criminal mind... ( )
1 vote elliepotten | Sep 29, 2012 |
First in the Sara Linton-series which I'm not sure I'll pursue. I liked it at the time but it's not that I'd bend over backwards to get my hands on the next one in the series. A bit too gritty at times, to my taste. ( )
1 vote JustJoey4 | Jun 13, 2012 |
One of the better Grant County books - wish I had started with this one instead of wondering why Lena is so bitter and Sara is so dense in subsequent novels! Oh well... The point: fast-paced, interesting, clever, well-written - I would expect nothing less from Karen. ( )
  tulikangaroo | May 30, 2012 |
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In Blindsighted (book one of an anticipated three featuring Grant County, Georgia, pediatrician and coroner Dr. Sara Linton), first-time novelist Karin Slaughter comes out swinging in true medical examiner fashion. That is to say, covered with blood from the get-go.

Without warning, the body jerked violently, pitching forward and slamming Sara onto the floor. Blood spread out around both of them, and Sara instinctively clawed to get out from under the convulsing woman. With her feet and hands she groped for some kind of purchase on the slick bathroom floor. Finally, Sara managed to slide out from underneath her. She turned Sibyl over, cradling her head, trying to help her through the convulsions. Suddenly, the jerking stopped.

Sibyl is, or was, Sibyl Adams, a college professor who had the misfortune of being drugged, savagely raped, slashed, and left for dead in the toilet of the local diner, to be coincidentally discovered by Sara Linton. Coincidences don't stop there, and neither do the rapes and murders. The next is, unimaginably, still more gruesome than the first and it, too, is discovered by Dr. Linton. Police Chief Jeffrey Tolliver is Sara's ex-husband, and mercurial detective Lena Adams, another major player in the ensuing drama, was Sibyl's twin sister.

And the monster behind these increasingly more depraved acts? Suspects abound, from the diner's jack-of-all-trades, Will Harris, to Victim No. 2's boyfriend, to Jack Allen Wright who, a dozen years prior, raped Dr. Linton (that rape had been a secret until now). There are other possibilities, naturally, and it soon becomes apparent that Sara's an intended target.

A graduate of the Patricia Cornwell school of mayhem and gore, Slaughter has faithfully stitched together a fast, engaging, and diverting read complete with a strong-yet-vulnerable heroine. Characters are nicely if somewhat obviously drawn, the plot is inventive, and the narrative's pacing quickens the pulse straight to the cliff-hanging denouement. And really, what more can you ask of an ME thriller? --Michael Hudson

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The sleepy town of Heartsdale is jolted into panic when Sara Linton, paediatrician and medical examiner, finds Sibyl Adams, a young college professor, dead in the local diner.

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