Blindsighted: The First Grant County Thriller

my point: 3.5 star from now on I'm going to review the book in both English and Türkce, so I can share my thoughts with my friends in Turkey too. English: my first book of Karin Slaughter was finished. the story was good and reached the top several times at the middle of the book. there were some moments while I felt being shocked and nailed to the chair where I've sat. frankly saying the 2/3 of the book was fantastic and really thrilling and I enjoyed it very much. but the author didn't managed to wrap up the story in the final section as good as the first 2/3 of the book. for example she could go a little bit deeper on finding the murderer/rapist. the amount of thrills that I felt while reading about the details of the case was huge so I envisioned a more deeper end for this really thrilling story than what author has created. unfortunately, author hasn't used the evidences and clues that have been explained very detailed throughout the story in the final part when the murderer was revealed. if author did not suppose to use them so why did she go through them all over the book? the second criticism is that the author hasn't tell us about the motivation of the murderer and what was said is very basic and common. author could maneuver better on this, for example she could explain psychological effects of a something on the murderer which made him to act like what has been said throughout the book. or if he is a psychopath, it should be mentioned in the story at least once! all I can say is the the connection between the actual murderer and his motivations to the crimes has not built and explained as desired, so you might think of a gap here. at the end, I would give 5 starts to 2/3 of the book, but 3 or maybe 2.5 starts to the final 1/3. Türkce: Karin Slaughter'dan okuduğum ilk kitaptı. kitabı 2 farklı bölümde değerlendireceğim: katil yakalanma anına kadar ve sonrası. ilk bölüm çok güzel yazılmış ve kendinizi olaylarin tam içinde hissediyorsunuz. ortada vahşice katledilen insalar var ve acaba yine ne sizi bekliyor gerilim içinde bekliyorsunuz. bu bölümde bazen kendimi koltukta gergin ve korkudan hava soğukmuşcasına büzülmüş hissediyordum. bu bölüme 5 üzerinden 5 veriyorum. ikinci bölüm (yani kitabın son 3'te biri) ilk bölüme göre bayağı sönük kalmış. ilk bölüm o kadar güzel anlatılmış ki ikinci bölüm ona hiç yakışmıyor. en büyük eksikliği şöyle anlatabilirim ki yazar bu kadar güzel ve detaylı anlatılmış olaylar sonucunda bulunmuş kanıt ve ipucularından katilin yakalanmasında hiç yararlanmadı ve sonuç olarak adli tıp ya polislerin çabası boşa gitmiş oldu. eğer kanıtlar işe yaramayacaksa neden bu kadar detaylı (ve elbette güzel) anlatılıyor ki? ayrıca kitapta katilin motivasyonu ile ilgili çok az şey anlatılmış ki bence yazar bunun üzerinde biraz daha çalışması gerekiyordu. elbette bu kitab Karin slaughter'in ilk kitabı olduğu için söylediğim eksiklikler/hatalar sonraki kitaplarında tekrarlanmayacak diye umut ediyorum. bu bölüme 5 üzerinden 2.5 veriyorum.

Excellent Read. The plot twists and turns never stopped! Extremely well developed characters and provoking plot lines. It's like "CSI" and "Law and Order" put toghther. I loved "Blindsided, and Book Two "Kisscut" was just, if not MORE contagious a read, than the first!  Each book could be read as a stand alone which I appreciate. I HIGHLY recommend reading Slaughter's work, and if, like me you want to dive into a series, try Grant County, so far SOOOO GOOD

Incredible! A fascinating read. A complete page turner. Karin Slaughter is one of my new favorite authors. I just purchased eight more of her books, starting with The Grant County Series and The Will Trent Series.