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Skin Privilege | 
 enlarge | Author: Karin Slaughter
Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: £6.99
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 2905
Media: Paperback
Pages: 576
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.4 x 1.5
ISBN: 0099481847
EAN: 9780099481843
ASIN: 0099481847
Publication Date: March 27, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Good condition - excellent read
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 SHOCKING ! September 10, 2008
A. Rose (Wet & Windy Yorkshire, UK)
One or two people have put massive spoilers in some of their reviews for this book so unfortunately I knew what was coming and when it did it was totally shocking. If you have followed the `Grant County' series from book 1 (Blindsighted) through to this possibly final one (I say possibly because I've read somewhere that Karin Slaughter is taking a few years off from `Grant County'), you will have appreciated how as a writer Slaughter has matured and developed her characters. This is especially so in the fifth book (Faithless) in which she incorporates Sara and Jeffrey first meeting into the up to date story and gives the reader great insight into their relationship which puts into perspective some of the feelings and emotions of the previous books, and indeed into Skin Privilege.
Much of this book is about Lena Adams, Jeffrey's former colleague. Some reviewers have said that it's too much about Lena rather than Jeffrey and Sara but Lena has always been a big part of Grant County and, in a way, this book has gone back into Lena's past in the same way Faithless did with Jeffrey and Sara. Lena deserved to have her childhood looked into and have some of the wrongs put right. She's always seemed such an angry and bad tempered character in the previous books and in this one, her upbringing by her uncle Hank comes to the fore and answers some previously unasked questions. For past readers of the Grant County series all this is more important than the crimes which the book is centred around, but for those who are reading this as a stand alone story then the dreadful vicious murders, violence, racism and thrill of the chase gives a great un-put-downable story. I think Slaughter is up there with the best of the crime and thriller writers and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this book or any of the Grant County series.
One last thing, if you read this book DO NOT BUY BEYOND REACH, it is the same book with a different title.
 Grant County bore September 6, 2008
Blyth (Northumberland, England)
Sorry, but not a very good book. It was almost written by numbers, or following a methods. I think that the early dialogue between Lena and Sarah was meant to intrigue but I found it particularly irritating.
The sex scenes and the LOVE between the main protagonists did not come through very naturally.
The story picked up at the end, but until then it was slow and much of the dialogue was
 unexpected August 12, 2008
A. S. Gartland (newcastle)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I am an avid fan of Karen slaughter and have read all of the grant county novels, as a whole these novels are an amazing read.
the characters are believable and vivid, with the undertone of the love story between Jeffery and Sarah being a big draw for me.
the stories are incredibly tragic and heart wrenching but addictive!
I was very excited to read this latest instalment and find out about Lena and Jeffery's life's once more, and i wasn't disappointed throughout the book, i loved the way it was written allowing you to piece together the events yourself as you read.
the only disappointment for me was the ending! its more of a personal reaction on my part but still i longed for something more.
however it still does not dampen my enthusiasm for this series, they are wonderfully written and they will remain to be some of my favourite novels.
Skin Privilege August 11, 2008
Tony M (London, England)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Whilst the story was good and I agree some of the characters were very vivid and believable, I found this hard work especially for the first half of the book and its one of those where you felt it was slow and you had to go back and check if you had missed something since it was quite disjointed.
The ending was good and unexpected.
Fantastic August 3, 2008
J. Manship
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This has got to be one of the best books i have read in a very long time, i am a true patricia cornwell fan but karin slaughter has impressed me, the book was so intense that i read it in less than 24 hrs, the characters were awesome, especially lena and sara, was not expecting the ending i got. I hope there are more to follow. I will be going through the back catalogue to get to grips with the story to date. Well worth reading
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