Karin Slaughter - Blindsighted [Archive]

Michelle

15th March 2006, 10:59

The sleepy town of Heartsdale, Georgia, is jolted into panic when Sara Linton, paediatrician and medical examiner, finds Sibyl Adams dead in the local diner. As well as being viciously raped, Sibyl has been cut: two deep knife wounds form a lethal cross over her stomach. But it's only once Sara starts to perform the post-mortem that the full extent of the killer's brutality becomes clear. Police chief Jeffrey Tolliver - Sara's ex-husband - is in charge of the investigation, and when a second victim is found, crucified, only a few days later, both Jeffrey and Sara have to face the fact that Sibyl's murder wasn't a one-off attack.

What they're dealing with is a seasoned sexual predator. A violent serial killer…

Inanna

16th March 2006, 07:35

Well so far so good, I started this last night and am pleased to say I think its going to be a great book :D

Kell

17th March 2006, 10:04

I'm on page 89 & I think I know whodunnit. I don't know why yet, I just have a really strong feeling that this particular person is the one. I'm going to be both miffed & smug if I'm right. I love being able to fathom out a plot, but I like a few surprises here & there. So far I'm enjoying it, but I don't want to have guessed so early on - aaarrrghhh! Im' now wondering if I'll be able to figure out the "why" soon too - I hope it's a hum-dinger!

Tash

17th March 2006, 10:23

I went through the book like that as well Kell. I'll say no more except, jolly good writer Ms Slaughter is!

Kell

17th March 2006, 10:29

I'm really enjoying her style - that's why I'm really hoping my hunch is wrong & I can't work it out till later...

Inanna

17th March 2006, 11:09

I have my suspicians too, though whether I'll be right or not, only time will tell.

Am almost on pg300 :D

Psssst Kell who do you think did it?

hehehehehehehe

Emma

17th March 2006, 13:07

LA LA LA LA LA *walks away with fingers in ears*

I'm not going to check this thread again until I've started the book at least!

:D

Kell

17th March 2006, 13:12

I have my suspicians too, though whether I'll be right or not, only time will tell.

Psssst Kell who do you think did it?
I'll PM you with my suspisions if you'll PM with yours... LOL!

Maureen

17th March 2006, 13:19

I know who did it ....tra la la la la !!!

Ok guys - want to tell me who you think?

Kell

17th March 2006, 13:41

I know who did it ....tra la la la la !!!
Ok guys - want to tell me who you think?
I've PM'd you. I just wanna know if I'm right...

Kell

17th March 2006, 13:52

I PM'd my answer to Mau & she hasn't yet told m,e if Im' right. I still have to work out WHY he's doing it though, Whether I'm right or wrong, it won't spoil it for me - I'll just be smug if Im' right is all. And if Im' wrong, well then, Ms Slaughter's doing her job very well indeed - LOL!

Inanna

17th March 2006, 16:09

LOL well I was right :D

Finished it earlier and was most impressed with, definitely a brilliant book :wink:

Maureen

17th March 2006, 17:37

The scene when Sara is performing the pm and realised that Sybil had been raped, really creeped me out.

Inanna

17th March 2006, 18:13

Karin Slaughter has well hell of a creepy imagination LOL :mrgreen:

jake

17th March 2006, 18:32

I remember really liking that book, but it's years since I read it. I bought it when it first came out in hardback 5/6 years ago.

Maureen

17th March 2006, 18:54

Do you find it creepy, her surname?

Inanna

17th March 2006, 19:30

LOL that is one name I would change if it were mine :shock:

Emma

20th March 2006, 13:11

I'm gonna tell you na na na na naaaaaaaaaaaaaaa :D

Meany :D

Maureen - I've just got past the part you mentioned with Sara peforming the pm and discovering the rape - very, very disturbing.

Maureen

20th March 2006, 13:41

It is isn't it? Sometimes when I read something like that, I wonder wheter it was taken from a true event...and wonder what sort of person would do something like that.

Kell

20th March 2006, 13:45

I'm about 3/4's of the way through now & I've had several of my theories proven to be correct. I'm just waiting to see if the person I think dunit, actually dunit, & see if it's anything to do with why I think they dunit too...

Inanna

20th March 2006, 16:32

I'm gonna tell you na na na na naaaaaaaaaaaaaaa :D

Meany :D

HEHEHEHEHE

How are you enjoying it so far Emma?

Emma

21st March 2006, 13:18

:)

I'm really enjoying it so far - Martyn is off to the pub tonight to watch the footie so I'm hoping to get a lot further in.

Inanna

21st March 2006, 13:33

Ooh well have fun with it, it was fab :D

Kell

21st March 2006, 13:45

I'm a little miffed that everything panned out as I expected here. I was hoping for a few red herrings or something to throw me off the scent, but I'd even managed to work out some of the why behind the who. It's an excellent story & well writeen, but I wanted a few more surprises.

Maureen

21st March 2006, 14:22

Oh Kell, sorry you were disappointed. Hope you would try at least another of her books.

Kell

21st March 2006, 14:43

I wasn't disappointed, as such, just a little miffed that I worked out a lot of it early on (which was my own silly fault - LOL!). I enjoyed the book - it was an easy read, so I might come back to some others by her later on, but it won't be at the top of my listo f priorities is all.

Inanna

21st March 2006, 16:22

I love working out the plots, gives me a sense of triumph that people cannot pull the wool over my eyes LOL :D

Kell

21st March 2006, 17:00

Me too, but I worry when I find it too easy. I felt like I cottoned on to everything way too soon with this one.

Emma

27th March 2006, 09:35

Well I've nearly finished and I'm really enjoying it - I have my suspisions as to who it may be but I'm probably way off!! LOL

Kell

27th March 2006, 09:45

I was just wondering if anyone had a favourite character in Blindsighted?

Inanna

27th March 2006, 10:01

I like both Sarah and Jeff :D

Emma

27th March 2006, 11:15

I like both Sarah and Jeff :D

Same for me - I loved the very end. I don't want to say too much as I'm not sure how much is normally given away about plot endings etc in reading circle discussions?:?

I had guessed who it was although I'm not sure I picked this up as early on in the book as some of you. This didn't put me off the book though - I thought it was a really good read.

Kell

27th March 2006, 11:58

I think my favourite character was actually Sybil, although we didn't get to see much of her, hearing about her through the eyes of her sister, lover & uncle made her sound like such an interesting & independent person.

Lena was also an interesting character - again, I think it would have been interesting if we'd been able to see some interaction between her & Sybil before... well, you know what...

Strangely, I wasn't particularly attached to either Sara or Jeff.

Emma

27th March 2006, 13:18

I agree with you that Lena was an interesting character but I didn't like her at all. I came close to liking her when she started interviewing Julia in the hospital as she came across as quite compassionate at first.

I also felt a great deal of pity for her towards the end, but generally I found her to be such an angry and selfish person that I didn't like her.

Mind you, she was in an awful situation and it also seemed like she'd had a tragic upbringing so is it any wonder?!

Maureen

27th March 2006, 13:32

I think Lena is an interesting character too. In the sequels, here character is developed a little more - although the main characters are always Sara and Jeff.

Inanna

27th March 2006, 15:00

I also felt a great deal of pity for her towards the end, but generally I found her to be such an angry and selfish person that I didn't like her.

Same here, she got right on my nerves I just wanted to thump her :wink:

jake

27th March 2006, 15:15

Maureen

27th March 2006, 15:25

Ditto Inanna! And as the books have gone on I've wanted to thump her even more :mrgreen:

Me too. But I still think she is an interesting character. I know people who I like but who make me want to hit them!!

MissP

5th April 2006, 13:42

:banghead: I guessed who did it too.

I read the book in a day (since I am currently lying on the sofa having taken time of work with the flu) and I was dissappointed with it it. I like to read the odd crime novel occasionally - Ian Rankin is a favourite - but I found it quite predictable and guessed who did it quite early on. I think the author dropped far too many clues.

P

Sarahrob

27th April 2006, 17:32

I read this book a good long while ago, but I enjoyed it so much I carried on to read another couple of books in the series.

So far I've enjoyed them all, though I can see everyone's point about Lena. She doesn't get any less irritating as the series progresses...

I normally do try to guess whodunnit, but I never really thought that far ahead as I was reading this one, so although it didn't take me by surprise it didn't feel like a let-down.

I loved the fact that each character was so richly drawn. Nobody in this book is perfect, everyone has their issues. I did find some of the minor characters were almost too detailed - I kept expecting them to play a much bigger part in the story than they did.