Laura P. (hemmputnam) reviewed on 9/27/2010 + 1113 more book reviews

I'm having a hard time rating this book because I enjoyed the world Monette created and her quirky use of language, but I was unprepared for the graphic scenes of physical and sexual abuse. (Charlaine Harris, the author of the Sookie Stackhouse books, recommended this on the Barnes and Noble website and Bon Temps it's not!). I'm interested enough to seek out book two, but hesitant because the blurb mentions the return of the worst abuser. Once the story reached the quest point I didn't want to put it down, but there was a fair amount of "yuck" to get through in the beginning before I reached that point. Can I be intrigued and ambivalent at the same time?

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