Beyond Reach

Bummer

Karin Slaughter is on my top 10 favorite authors, but Beyond Reach was such a let down. It was like she was getting bored with the series and slapped enough crap on the pages to make it novel lenghth to end the series and put a fork in it. It took me forever to get through this book then the ending just confirmed my dislike for it. I suggest reading the whole series because it truely is out standing, then when you get to Beyond Reach, toss it in the trash and think of how you would have liked it to end because i guarante this was not it.

7 out of 8 people found this review helpful.

Reviewed for Midwest Book Review

Pediatrician/medical examiner Sara Linton is reeling from a vicious malpractice suit and having to close her clinic when her husband, police chief Jeffrey Tollier, receives word that Lena Adams, one of his detectives, has been arrested in Reese, GA. Sara accompanies Jeffrey to the small, backwater town. When they arrive, Lena uses Sara to escape and from that point on manages to stay one step ahead of Jeffrey and the sheriff of Reese. As Jeffrey tries to find Lena, bodies pile up and he and Sara find their own lives threatened. Meanwhile, Lena is trying to locate her Uncle Hank and the man he claims killed her mother when she stumbles upon a group of white supremacists who deal in meth trafficking.

This sixth installment of the Grant County, GA crime series is as gritty and realistic as real life. Slaughter touches upon the devastating effects of methamphetamine on its users and the vicious cruelty of its makers and traffickers. Slaughter adroitly leads the reader through two investigations: Lena as she tracks her uncle and tries to find out what really happened to her mother, and Jeffrey and Sara as they search for Lena. Slaughter provides an ending which is unexpected and which some readers will find traumatic and unsettling.

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

jeffery

this was the worst of the grant county series.it left me depressed and
sad.if you are a reader who enjoys the relationship between sara and jeffery dont read this book.not only was this book confusing and difficult to follow the ending was ridiculous. maybe she can redeem herself with the whole last two pages being staged or it was a dream. if not i will not be reading anymore of the books in this series.this was a very bad decision on the part of karin slaughter.

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

beyond reach

Fair, not the best book by Slaughter,

2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Who reads these anyway?

Well, I do sometimes. For bargain books anyway. But I seriously doubt whether Karin Slaughter does and even if she does I doubt she makes any artistic decisions based on what B&N readers think. So..I read this book just I had read the other Sara-Jeffrey books, and like many others I didn't see the ending coming at all. Furthermore, it pissed me off. It was like standing around the campfire, singing We Are the World and suddenly an AK-47 opens up and all of sudden body parts are flying everywhere. Actually, that's a pretty good analogy, if you think about Sara finding Jeffrey's detached arm still hanging onto the mailbox. Or maybe it wasn't his arm. It's been a while since I read it. One thing I know from 60 yrs of reading and teaching writing and literature at a university for 23 yrs---if you fall in love with a writer and most of us do at some point---you can be sure that eventually, just as in real life love affairs, that writer will do something that will have you throwing the book across the room and vowing never to read him/her again. It happened to me with John Connoley (Charlie Parker mysteries) when he wrote that loathsome "THe Book of Lost Things," and China Mieville's ridiculous "Lun Un Dun," Michael Gruber's "The Forgery of Venus," and even one of my favorite writers, Vernor Vinge abssymal, "The End of the Rainbow," or maybe it was Rainbow's End. Who knows? You can love everything the person writes...for a while. It's a little like life, I guess. I suppose Karin Slaughter will get old readers back with her new book, and even if she doesn't, she'll get new readers. I don't know where I fall yet. There are a lot of books out there. So many books, so little time.

2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

disappointing

Beyond Reach was, by far, my least favorite of all books from the Grant County series. The sudden "twist" at the end was unwelcome and disappointing. Was this really the ending to the Grant County series? I really liked Jeffrey but Lena...not so much - she's overly annoying. Lena has seen her share of brutal murders, so why was she suddenly such a terrified mute in this book? The only reason I finished Beyond Reach was Ms. Slaughter's writing - it's sharp, clear, fast-paced; however, the story was derailed catastrophically.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Waste of time

After reading the entire series in less than a week and enjoying Slaughter's writing, I found myself confused with all the jumps from past to present throughout this book. The tragic ending will no doubt loose Slaughter fans, this one included.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

HATED the ending

I will brief and say that I enjoyed the book, up until the last page. At that point, I was so disgusted with the ending that I couldn't believe I had just wasted 2 days reading this book,

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Don't waste your time

This book wasn't worth the effort. The story was just mediocre and then the ending was horrible. I won't be reading anymore of this author's books.

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Great book like all of hers, but HORRIBLE ending!! I hate having

Great book like all of hers, but HORRIBLE ending!!
I hate having to give this book 4 stars! Karin Slaughter is truly an excellent author, right up there with the best in the biz, but the ending was horrible! How could you do that Karin?! I don't recall finding anything so upsetting since the killing off of Redford & Newman. Come on, please go back, it was a dream or something...BRING THe CHARACTER BACK!!!

great book

excellent book in the series

Highly Recommended!

I could not stop reading this book. It kept me up all night! When will the next book be available? I have to find out what happens to Jeffrey! HURRY! HURRY! HURRY!

A great read

I was given this book as a gift and loved it. Now I'm a fan. I just need to go to her website so I can see the order and read them in order. I love the characters.

Excellent Final book of the Grant County Series

Horrible ending because ive been so into all the characters. Great books. Great series & characters. Love this author

Good Book

I agree the ending was sad, but come on people, they are just fictional characters. You don't have to hate the Author, It is all entertainment.

not worth the money

if i could do it all over again, i wouldn't buy it.

Riveting!

This was the first Karin Slaughter book I read and within a month I had read all 10. She is my new favorite author. The characters are so well developed I find myself thinking about them constantly after the story is over. The mysteries are complex and thought provoking. Karin Slaughter's writing style is good you don't even realize hours have literally passed because you are so entranced in the world she has created.

great til the end

Good book, page turner then it ends-like she just got sick of writing......would have highly recommended except the end is terrible

Good book!

This is the first book I've read of this author. Really enjoyed it. Read it in one day.

Beyond Reach

I thought this was one of the worse-books that Karen Slaughter has written! I is so boring! I did not even finish it- I just deleted it from my e-books library --very disappointed !