Broken: A Novel (Will Trent)

I enjoy the Will,Sarah,Lena Characters not so much Faith. The story flowed quite nicely until the end. This seems to be happening more frequently with a number of authors lately. They build a compelling suck you in story that has a nice flow only to seem compelled to rush the ending, making the story less congruous. I do enjoy Karin's story telling. I just would like to see a bit more time for the ending, a little more of the same attention the rest of the story seems to receive. My thoughts anyway. Still recommend the book.

Tim H

Love Will Trent. His crime solving style is unique. The intial investigation, multiples into a whole bunch of crimes as the story goes on. It is terrific. Of course there is a lot of subtle man/woman "stuff" going on between Will and the doctor. Good read. You will not see the ending coming.

Another great book in Karin Slaughters series. I really enjoy that there is a series so that you don't have to say goodbye to the characters and how the separate series characters link together and build on each other.

Excellent plot, true to the characters and very well written. It picks up almost 4 years after Jeffery's death, but reads as seamlessly as if she had written the stories together. Well worth my time and money.

The title of this review says it all. Karin Slaughter is one of the few authors who can get me to pay for the hardcover.

I've never ever been able to stand Sara Linton. In previous installments, Sara was the sanctimonious, self-righteous, moral authority, but I never thought that had much to do with the quality of the story. Sara's involvement in the plot never seemed contrived. She was just a player in a bigger story.

In Broken, Sara is the story. She muscles her way in, involves Will Trent et al and makes it the Sara Linton show, while everyone walks on eggshells and inexplicably defers to her. I just wanted one person to call her out. Instead the police force, the rest of the county and indeed the whole state of Georgia (if you believe that Sara could summon the GBI without so much as a question from Amanda Wagner) are all in perpetual mourning over The Late Great Jeffrey Tolliver.

But Sara isn't just a professional widow. She can transition seamlessly into a brilliant, heroic doctor who can diagnose Will's disability, recall the IQ of her former patient and lecture about the pros and cons of research all on the fly. She even stops drowning to tend to her archenemy.

Karin Slaughter typically fleshes out her characters a lot better. We knew all there was to know about the victims in the first few pages, the next three hundred pages were spent rehashing Sara's losses ad nauseam and everything was wrapped up with a neat bow in the final pages.

I will commend her restraint in avoiding the obvious and contrived pairing of Will and Sara. Although Will takes up Sara's vendetta easily enough, he doesn't totally degenerate into a lovesick little puppy in her presence. At times, he's irritated by her "help" and perceives her as condescending. Her final "Go home to your wife" made me want to write a much harsher review.

I really like Will Trent and I hope that in the next book, she focuses on resolving the Will and Angie situation. I could also see an interesting story focusing on Angie and Lena as main characters.

Excellent plot, true to the characters and very well written. It picks up almost 4 years after Jeffery's death, but reads as seamlessly as if she had written the stories together. Well worth my time and money.

The title of this review says it all. Karin Slaughter is one of the few authors who can get me to pay for the hardcover.

I've never ever been able to stand Sara Linton. In previous installments, Sara was the sanctimonious, self-righteous, moral authority, but I never thought that had much to do with the quality of the story. Sara's involvement in the plot never seemed contrived. She was just a player in a bigger story.

In Broken, Sara is the story. She muscles her way in, involves Will Trent et al and makes it the Sara Linton show, while everyone walks on eggshells and inexplicably defers to her. I just wanted one person to call her out. Instead the police force, the rest of the county and indeed the whole state of Georgia (if you believe that Sara could summon the GBI without so much as a question from Amanda Wagner) are all in perpetual mourning over The Late Great Jeffrey Tolliver.

But Sara isn't just a professional widow. She can transition seamlessly into a brilliant, heroic doctor who can diagnose Will's disability, recall the IQ of her former patient and lecture about the pros and cons of research all on the fly. She even stops drowning to tend to her archenemy.

Karin Slaughter typically fleshes out her characters a lot better. We knew all there was to know about the victims in the first few pages, the next three hundred pages were spent rehashing Sara's losses ad nauseam and everything was wrapped up with a neat bow in the final pages.

I will commend her restraint in avoiding the obvious and contrived pairing of Will and Sara. Although Will takes up Sara's vendetta easily enough, he doesn't totally degenerate into a lovesick little puppy in her presence. At times, he's irritated by her "help" and perceives her as condescending. Her final "Go home to your wife" made me want to write a much harsher review.

I really like Will Trent and I hope that in the next book, she focuses on resolving the Will and Angie situation. I could also see an interesting story focusing on Angie and Lena as main characters.

I would have never guessed who committed the crimes in this book! You were kept wondering who the perpetrator was until the very end- which I like. I like the Will Trent series and this was one of her best books.

Indescribably rich journey described with expertise and precise details. An inspiring human journey revealing the remarkable endurance that some exhibit under extreme pressure. Inspiring and insightful.

A "Novel of Suspense" hardly covers this tale of broken lives, broken dreams and broken relationships.
It's prose is grimly dark and sometimes violent but always truthful. Often hard to come to terms with the pictures
conjured up by Ms. Slaughter's vivid writing, but a book you just can't put down.

Karen has a unique way of describing every last detail....not all the details have to do with the direction of the story...her characters are well developed but all contain some tragic flaw that is "written in the stars" that have ultimately proved to make them human. I would dump Angie in a heartbeat and not look back
I enjoyed "Broken" by Karin Slaughter...