tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post9193299802475610026..comments2024-03-11T00:52:06.529+10:30Comments on MYSTERIES in PARADISE: Review: RITUAL, Mo HayderKerriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-57980912841573492892011-02-28T12:09:18.549+10:302011-02-28T12:09:18.549+10:30I love Mo Hayder. I think she writes effortlessly ...I love Mo Hayder. I think she writes effortlessly and her twists and plots are amazing. I would agree though that I think the issue of Caffery'd brother's disappearance is sometimes overdone. Also, for example at the end of Birdman, I find there can be a little bit too much of gratuitous gore. In fact, I've loved her latest novel, Gone, which is a cliff-hanger without much gore.Jerome Parissehttp://www.alivewithwords.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-29210763718255335552009-06-14T22:51:03.862+09:302009-06-14T22:51:03.862+09:30A different view - I enjoyed Birdman very much, b...A different view - I enjoyed Birdman very much, but was bored and put-off by some plotlines in Treatment. The on-going obsession with "missing brother" felt over-done, unreal for the Caffery character. He had become that old cliche of the wounded, silent male who needs a woman to fix him, i.e., get him to spill his guts out. Apparently more and more crime fiction authors feel that they must do a pedophilia book, there is now too much of it, and that theme didn't endear me to The Treatment either. I liked Birdman enough that I will probably read Ritual at some point, but not for some time. Finally, I am a bit suspicious of an author that starts a series(?) with only the third appearance of a major character - sounds like it might be an acknowledgement that something wasn't right. KenKennethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10230841071384176436noreply@blogger.com