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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Scary as a horror movie,
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This review is from: Flesh House (Hardcover)
This is one book that grabs you by the throat and won't let you go. Not to mention that it has many more twists and turns than the average amusement ride.
Over twenty years ago, the serial killer called the Flesher stalked and killed in Scotland. The police thought they caught the man, and Insch, who was in charge of the case, was deeply upset that never find the evidence to pin all the killings on Wiseman. Now Wiseman is out of jail and once again the bodies begin to pile up. Worse, much worse, body parts appear in butcher shops. The story line is as terrifying as it gets, and the number of the murdered is truly astonishing.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Loved it/hated it, but couldn't stop reading it.,
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This review is from: Flesh House (Hardcover)
First Sentence: `No, you listen to me: if my six year old son isn't back here in ten minutes I'm going to come round there and rip you a new arsehole, are we clear?'
Twenty years ago, there was a serial killer knows as "The Flesher" who was purported to kill people and eat them. Now, seven years after the killer has been released from prison, human meat has been found in a local butcher shop and DS Logan McRae are trying to track down a serial killer dressed in a butcher's apron wearing a Margaret Thatcher mask. I had a love/hate relationship with this book. Be aware that murders are very graphic and gruesome, but I can deal with that. My issue is the characters. McRae is about the only remotely likeable character and, even for him, you have very little background or real sense of who he is. The characters are realistic but largely unpleasant. On the other hand, the plot, while unrelentingly grim, is thoroughly engrossing and delightfully twisty. There was less humor in this book than in ones in the past. A bit more light to offset the dark would have helped. McBride is definitely a good, skilled writer. I can't say I enjoyed the book, because of the theme, but I couldn't stop reading it.
5.0 out of 5 stars
My Favorite in the Logan MacRae Series So Far,
By Martha "Avid reader and audiobook listener, m... (Virginia Beach, VA, United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
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This review is from: Flesh House (Paperback)
I have listened to all of the Logan MacRae series on audiobook with the exception of "Flesh House", since I can't find it as an audio download anywhere. It's only available on audio CD in unabridged form (Flesh House) for almost $100. I can wait until it comes out in abridged format. Stuart MacBride is absolutely BRILLIANT and, IMHO, this book is some of his best work. I love the characters in the series (especially DI Steel) and DS Logan MacRae is definitely not one of your run-of-the-mill crime novel heroes. He's smart, cranky, and makes loads of mistakes (and frequently gets the mickey taken out of him by Steel, et al), while still managing to catch the bad guys. I love the way MacBride ends his books. He sort of leaves you hanging a bit and very often introduces a new conundrum to make you anxious for the next book in the series. He uses humor to lighten up what could otherwise be quite gruesome crime scenes. Many of his characters are very UN-politically correct and it seems pretty obvious to me that he has fun writing these novels.If you like edgy and darkly humorous crime fiction, you will LOVE Stuart MacBride's books.
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