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Blutmale, by Tess Gerritsen

bookoholic's review against another edition

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fast-paced

5.0

trisha76's review against another edition

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3.0

Peccavi; dit Lantijnse woord is in bloed gekrast p de plek waar een jonge vrouw op gruwelijke wijze is vermoord: IK HEB GEZONDIGD. Het is bedoeld als een kerstgroet die patholoog-anatoom Maura Isles en rechercheur Jane Rizzoli de stuipen op het lijf jaagt. Algauw brengen ze het slachtoffer in verband met de controversiële psychiater Joyce O'Donnell, lid van een sinistere groep die zich de Mefisto Club noemt.
Op Beacon Hill wijden de aanhangers van de Club zich aan de analyse van het kwaad. Kan het wetenschappelijk worden verklaard? Heeft het een fysieke verschijningsvorm? Met behulp van historische gegevens en mysterieuze religieuze symboliek, proberen ze een verbijsterende theorie te bewijzen: Satan is onder ons.
Maura en Jane raken verwikkeld in de angstaanjagendste zaak van hun carrière en gaan de confrontatie aan met een boosaardige vijand-wiens werk nog maar net is begonnen.
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Een heerlijk boek, dat lekker weg leest. In het begin een beetje vaag, maar je wilt het einde weten. Het neemt je mee. Ondanks het feit dat er verschillende lijnen door elkaar lopen. is het niet irritant. Uiteindelijk wordt het een verhaal en is de ontknopping verbazend en beangstigend tegelijk.
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Uitgeverij: The House of Books
ISBN: 978.90.443.1974.3
315 pg's; Paperback

ferencb's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

salene27's review against another edition

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5.0

Such an amazing read! The plot was well thought out, and very interesting, it was so hard to put down!

violingirl's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

madisonbell_'s review against another edition

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dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


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plunksnaknygoje's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

wendy_verbiest's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

paolaarvelo's review against another edition

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adventurous dark informative reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

iffer's review against another edition

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2.0

Eh, maybe it's because I liked the previous volume so much, but I was underwhelmed by this one. I also wasn't drawn in by the occult/satanism mythology that the author builds this volume around (which is a personal preference).

My irritation with Isles's swooning over a male character in each volume who's clearly bad news mounted through the previous volumes, and it's definitely come to a head in this volume. I don't feel so badly for this irritation, because Isles's romances bug Rizzoli, too. I'm seriously wondering if Isles is either going to learn to be happy on her own as personal character growth, or if Tess Gerritsen is going to push the "people can only achieve maximum happiness when coupled off," as she has pushed the "only mothers know what *true* love is" in the previous volumes.

I think that the story of Rizzoli's parents' separation and fighting is interesting, and I'm curious to find out what happens with them in the next volume, even if this is only supposed to be a small side story.