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A review by huldasif
Girl, Alone by Blake Pierce
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
I want to start by saying that the serial killer part is fine. It was interesting and a exciting enough to justify me continuing on with reading the story in spite of all the things that annoyed me.
However.... I feel that you cannot simply write a story about an FBI agent and be completely illogical about what that is like to be one. An agent doesn't see more fellow agents die than there are episodes of Seinfeld (as worded in the book), a rookie with incomplete training (in analytics, not fieldwork) isn't sent out into the field to chase a serial killer (it was an experiment in the buro apparently!) and the rookie certainly isn't going to be the only one being able to do any solving and profiling, albeit in the end under the guidance of the nearly useless (but "legendary" and "experienced") older partner. I could go on and on. It was ridiculous and annoying.
However.... I feel that you cannot simply write a story about an FBI agent and be completely illogical about what that is like to be one. An agent doesn't see more fellow agents die than there are episodes of Seinfeld (as worded in the book), a rookie with incomplete training (in analytics, not fieldwork) isn't sent out into the field to chase a serial killer (it was an experiment in the buro apparently!) and the rookie certainly isn't going to be the only one being able to do any solving and profiling, albeit in the end under the guidance of the nearly useless (but "legendary" and "experienced") older partner. I could go on and on. It was ridiculous and annoying.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Murder