The Best Revenge

Took a couple of chapters for me to get into... I did like the strange turns in the plot and I have a theory about underlying themes that were still in my mind the next morning I finished reading...which is always nice when you can continue pondering afterwards. I don't like the title though. I think it should have been called Satisfaction.

A man is released from prison after he spent 13 years on death row for a murder he didn’t commit. Or did he? Throughout, Stephen White’s The Best Revenge, it seems so, then it seems not, then it seems so, etc. And you’ll keep changing your mind as you try to pick up the clues.

I found, though, I missed plenty of clues when I thought White was just giving background at the beginning of the book. Read it carefully.

Someone is making life miserable for the ex-con. Or are they? Why is an FBI agent interested in him? How can their psychologist act ethically knowing what he knows?

A good mystery/thriller does at least three things: 1) it doesn’t make you read several chapters before the action starts; 2) it keeps you from doing show more anything else because you don’t want to put it down; and 3) it makes you anticipate what’s going to happen, but what happens isn’t what you anticipated. I thought this book accomplished all three of those things.

If you read it, be aware: mysteries and clues to the mysteries bigan at the beginning.

I’m happy to say that I found an author, i.e., Stephen White is a new author for me, and now I get to read the rest of what he’s written. If you like a good mystery/thriller and you haven’t read White yet, I suggest you do. show less

I found the first half of this book a bit laborious hence the star rating but the build up to the end and the ending are brilliant. Well worth persevering with.

Psychologist Alan Gregory is treating both a man recently released from prison where he was on death row for a crime he did not commit and the FBI agent who was instrumental in obtaining his release. However, all is not what it seems. There is a scary plot of dark revenge which stems from mistaken accusations and the involvement of local police, one of whom is not at all what he seems. I would have liked to have seen Alan Gregorys cop friend Sam Purdy a bit more.

Very much enjoyed this book. It had a few surprises in it, which doesn't often happen for me anymore. I was interested to find that this was number 11 in a series, but perfectly capable of standing alone. I didn't feel as though I had come to class unprepared.

I found this story pretty thrilling and there's some seriously twisted stuff that comes from one of the characters. This story held my interest and I blazed through the chapters pretty quickly, but my only complaint is that it runs long in some areas. I wasn't interested in the many geography lessons and weather lessons of Colorado, but if you skim over that, you will enjoy the rest of the pace of this story. I will definitely read more of Mr. White's books. :)

I enjoyed the book more than most I have recently read. There were times when I wanted to skip pages, but I didn't. Then there were chapters that fast forwarded. All of a sudden the character was doing something that I had no prior information of. In fact, I had to go back and look in previous chapters to see if I missed something. All in all, it was a good psychological thriller. I enjoyed the fast pace. Good twist at the end.

Good travel reading. Pages turn easily, none too demanding. But not as good as "Kill Me".