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Book Review of Unspeakable

Unspeakable
Unspeakable
Author: Kevin O'Brien
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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I started reading this book with great anticipation--the summary sounded really interesting. Early on, I started feeling disappointed. I'm not sure if it was the writer's style or the contrived plot but I seriously considered several times not plowing through the entire 536 pages! The story is about a teenaged boy who, when hypnotized, takes on the persona and voice of a murderer who died 50 yrs. ago. There are so many shady characters following other characters that sometimes it was hard to keep everyone straight! One character in particular seems to change from shady to good guy right in the middle of the book. I must say that it was intriguing enough to keep me reading to the end just to see how it was going to turn out.