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A review by trishagreenie
The Brutal Art by Jesse Kellerman
5.0
You know, it kind of surprises me that this book has such a low average rating. I will admit I haven't read any of Jesse Kellerman's other stuff, and haven't read most of the stuff by the rest of his family either. But I really enjoyed this novel.
It wasn't really a thriller, and it was sort of incidentally a murder mystery. But it was a great mystery in general, and the story was enthralling. I thought so anyway. The way it slowly unfolded really had me guessing. I guessed that all sorts of people would turn out to be the person threatening Ethan. I suspected, at various times:
-Samantha
-Tony Wexler
-Ethan's dad
-Victor Cracke
-Samantha's dad
-Marylin
Of course I was way off, and the guy who turned out to be the stalker/attacker wasn't anyone important in the story. But I liked that I had no clue.
I was also relieved when Victor turned out not to be the murderer. The guy himself was pretty creepy.
I love the idea of decades-old serial killing crimes being solved.
The idea of those Cracke drawings ending up on eBay was quite amusing to me, esp. after Ethan's dad had paid millions to get the drawings back from Hollister.
Anyway...basically, I thought this was great, and maybe it didn't have a dramatic ending...but I don't think it was ever meant to.
Plus, the writing in general was impeccable. I've moved onto another book whose writing just can't compare, and I'm finding myself disappointed. ;)
It wasn't really a thriller, and it was sort of incidentally a murder mystery. But it was a great mystery in general, and the story was enthralling. I thought so anyway. The way it slowly unfolded really had me guessing. I guessed that all sorts of people would turn out to be the person threatening Ethan. I suspected, at various times:
-Samantha
-Tony Wexler
-Ethan's dad
-Victor Cracke
-Samantha's dad
-Marylin
Of course I was way off, and the guy who turned out to be the stalker/attacker wasn't anyone important in the story. But I liked that I had no clue.
I was also relieved when Victor turned out not to be the murderer. The guy himself was pretty creepy.
I love the idea of decades-old serial killing crimes being solved.
The idea of those Cracke drawings ending up on eBay was quite amusing to me, esp. after Ethan's dad had paid millions to get the drawings back from Hollister.
Anyway...basically, I thought this was great, and maybe it didn't have a dramatic ending...but I don't think it was ever meant to.
Plus, the writing in general was impeccable. I've moved onto another book whose writing just can't compare, and I'm finding myself disappointed. ;)