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Summary: Unspeakable characters and crimes
Review: A good looking drifter,Jack Sawyer comes looking for work at the ranch of Delray Corbett and his deaf-mute, widowed daughter-in-law, Anna.Delray is stepfather to two psycopathic killers,Carl and Cecil, one of whom has just escaped from prison and is bent on revenge for Delrays refusal to shield him from the law. The crimes committed by these brothers and Myron,Carls fellow prison escapee, are as the title of the book says-unspeakably cruel and sadistic. After a series of shocking murders, the killers set their sights on the Corbetts and eventually hold them captive.A retired sheriff who has been obsessed by a horrific sex murder arrributed to Carl, becomes closely involved and together with Jack Sawyer, Manages to prevent the murder of Anna and her small son.This is a gripping story peopled by some truly terrifying and totally vile people that one would like to think couldn't exist but unfortunately do !!!
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Summary: A Edgy Novel
Review: After reading the reviews, I thaught I would give it a shot, and I just finished it and most of the reviews didn't even compare to the book. A lot say its disgusting and boring, its definetly not boring, theres all sorts of surprises exspecially at the ending, the ending is great, its where most of the book comes to gether. I'll admit the biggening is a little slow, but after 100 pages your into the book, its like you got to keep reading to see what happens, and it worth it. So if your worried its to gory, I'll say this much, you probably see worse stuff on TV. As for the rape and murder, that stuffs notr even detailed, its just like some one died and thats that. No details about it. Thats what I was curiuse about from the beginng, I was expecting more details after reading the reviews, but there weren't hardly any. So if you think this is gory, I dont suggest Breath Of Scadel.
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Summary: Very Predictable!
Review: Considering that this book is over 3 years old, I just ran across it about a week ago. I will say that the character's are written very well in good vivid detail. The first half of it is actually pretty good, but the second half gets very predictable. It read like a bad Meg Ryan or Julia Roberts film, really bad ones. I predicted almost everything that happened in the second half. I was somewhat surprised at the very fowl and disgusting language used by Sandra Brown. The book starts out with the intent to solve the druesome murder of a young girl over 20 years ago. The book then veers off in several different directions, with the murder being mentioned occasionally. There is an obvious attempt to make this the perfect love story. The two lovers played by Jack and Anna are rarely depicted in a bad light, while everyone else are depicted as fools, cowards, or mean-spirited. Anna is a widow who stays on a ranch with her little son and her step-father Delray. Her husband Dean died at home 6 years ago after returning home from War. Anna and Delray have a "complicated" relationship that wasn't well defined for me. Delray is written like a mean-spirited man, with like a heart of gold. He's in love with Anna, but she's not in love with him. This goes unspoken between the two of them thoughtout the book, even up until his eventual predictable death. I thought that the Author Sandra Brown contradicted their relationship throughout the whole story. It just seemed like she took the easy way out by killing him, instead of dealing with their dilemma honestly. Considering not telling Anna how he felt about her seemed to be the main thing that killed him, even if he knew she didn't feel the same, I found his eventual death kind of cowardly actually. There was a concerted effort to diminish other people in Anna's life, alive or dead, to save the perfect love story of Anna and Jack. To diminish the relationship Anna had with her dead husband Dean, who she clearly had to be in love with, so Jack could be viewed as her perfect lover, was very cowardly I thought. Love is love, why the need to make him a better lover or more thoughtful man than the first. Especially since the husband died over 6 years ago. I just thought it was uncalled for. There appeared to be contradictions thought the book. Everyone from escaped convict Carl, his ex-con brother Cecil, Carl's stupid partner Myron, Cecil's "slutty" girlfriend Connie are written with contradictions. Carl is written out to be a very smart criminal, though he's clearly an idiot, and dies like one. I predicted how the sleazy bank manager Emory Lomax would die down to the last letter. I won't give out the very neat ending. But I didn't find it believable, even a little bit. The unsolved murder part could have been left out, because it clearly wasn't needed. It actually seemed like an afterthought after the first few chapters. I don't know if this was ever made into a movie, but it has that feel to it. A very bad movie.
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Summary: Expected something better!
Review: During the past 2 months, I have read 6 of Sandra Brown's romantic/thrillers and have become a big fan. This is the first time I have written a review. Unspeakable was harder for me to get through than Witness, French Silk, etc. It's a little darker and the character development is often slow. Carl was really evil and some of the crimes were pretty gross. The romance between Anna and Jack developed slowly and sweetly and finally reached a great crescendo! I appreciate that SB gave us some insight into the challenges of the hearing impaired and I loved the way that Anna and Jack communicated. This book is still worth reading, but not as satisfying as most of her other novels in the same genre.
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Summary: I Tried...
Review: First let me say that I love Sandra Brown; I have read all her romances, and I loved "Fat Tuesday," the first of her mysteries that I happened to pick up.But I could not, no matter how hard I tried, stick with "Unspeakable," even though I read more than half the book. I had to force myself to pick it up; finally I gave up. This is a demented "Of Mice and Men" on a drug trip gone bad. I am not squeamish when it comes to graphic descriptions in a murder novel, but there is something about the descriptions in this book that turned my stomach, starting in the first pages with the description of a disembowling of a mouse. I simply could not go on; I felt sick. I skipped to the end, because I did have some curiosity about what finally happened, so I guess Brown had me hooked on some level. But not enough to keep me going.
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Summary: I Tried...
Review: First let me say that I love Sandra Brown; I have read all her romances, and I loved "Fat Tuesday," the first of her mysteries that I happened to pick up. But I could not, no matter how hard I tried, stick with "Unspeakable," even though I read more than half the book. I had to force myself to pick it up; finally I gave up. This is a demented "Of Mice and Men" on a drug trip gone bad. I am not squeamish when it comes to graphic descriptions in a murder novel, but there is something about the descriptions in this book that turned my stomach, starting in the first pages with the description of a disembowling of a mouse. I simply could not go on; I felt sick. I skipped to the end, because I did have some curiosity about what finally happened, so I guess Brown had me hooked on some level. But not enough to keep me going.
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Summary: Enjoyable
Review: I had a good time reading this book and especially enjoyed the surprise ending. I thought the character development was well-done also, especially considering how many characters there were in the story. Not for those with a weak stomach, though, as some of the details are a bit graphic!
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I had heard so much about Sandra Brown and her writings ~ that I was thrilled when a friend loaned this book to me. Finally, I can see what everyone raves about whenever they talk about this author. I was very disappointed. This book is way too brutal and graphic for my taste ~~ it is nothing but raw sex and violence and graphic murder scenes. I kept reading to see what would happen and never did finish this book. It is one of the very few books I have never finished reading. I was really disgusted ~~ and gave it back to my friend without too much comment. I have no desire now to read any of her books ~~ which is sad because I am always up for new authors to discover. This book was a waste of time. Sorry. 7-30-03
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Summary: Not one of Brown's best, but okay
Review: I'm a fan of Sandra Brown's, believe it or not. I've probably given her as man one-star or two-star ratings as anyone else. For sure, she tells it like it is, and although some of her detail description gets to be too much, one has to back up and think about it. Hey, that's the way it is in the real world and that's the way most hardened criminals talk and think. I found no offense in this because once I got to the theme of where she was going, it was what I expected. I think SB has written some really wonderful books, this just isn't one of her best. BUT, on the other hand, it isn't one of her worst either. The characters are strong and well-defined and I kept wondering how in the world she would ever tie Jack Sawyer to all of this as to why he came back to protect Anna Corbett from the Herbold brothers. And the mystery surrounding Patsy McCorkle's death had me wondering what in the world too. I gave this book a three because that's what I thought it was...average.
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Summary: Disgusting
Review: I've never read Sandra Brown before this book and never will again. The thing that really disturbed me was the relish with which she seemed to write about sadistic violence. The impression that she was having a good time depicting pain and gore completely disgusted me, to the point I literally threw the book out to get it away from me. Sick stuff. Enjoy.
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