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Summary: RIVETING AND HEART-WRENCHING
Review: Karen Kern learned a lesson the hard way........The strangershe met at a party asked to walk her home, late at night.....on the way, he brutally beat and raped her in Central Park.......This was Dec., 22, 1962.....a time when families liked to "sweep under the rug" incidents such as this.....no one would even let Karen talk about it....she was told to just "forget it ever happened".....she was also thought to be the one to provoke such behavior! It took Karen 30 years to exact revenge, and Oh, how sweet it is! ... You must read this book for yourself........I guarantee you will stand up and cheer at the end..........and whatever you do, do NOT read the last page first! This story was an emotional roller-coaster, a "stay-up-all-night till it's done" reading!
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Summary: JUST COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN!!! GREAT READ!
Review: Once I started reading, I just couldn't stop! For those of us who are of an age to remember how violence against women have changed through the years, this book is a celebration of sorts! For those that want an exciting well written story, here it is!
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Summary: Cambridge Must Be Kidding
Review: Only one star from the person from the UK? What book was she reading? I re-read this book at least twice every year, and each time I do re-read it I discover something new. It's a gripping, emotional story, and the protagonist's "revenge" is phenomenal. I think the person from the UK didn't like it because he/she doesn't fully understand the American psyche and American political arena. Now, if the villian was Tony Blair...
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Summary: A fast paced, thoroughly satisfying book!
Review: Started reading at 3:00 pm and finished by 11:00 am the next day. I thoroughly enjoyed the constantly forward moving, ever evolving plot. Although the trial scene is captivating, this is more than just another courtroom drama.
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Summary: The Ultimate Novel Of Revenge - A Psychological Thriller!
Review: Susan R. Sloan has written a gripping psychological suspense thriller with "Guilt By Association." Once I began this novel, I found it almost impossible to put it down. Her journalistic writing and realistic characters give the illusion, at times, that this is a nonfiction account of a terrible crime and the aftermath. Karen Kern, a lovely coed with a bright future, attends a friend's holiday party one evening in December, 1962. Later that evening another party guest offers to walk her home. Unable to get a taxi, she accepts the offer. Bob, a wealthy Harvard student from a good family, was properly introduced to her and her friends knew him. She felt comfortable accepting his company on the long walk across Central Park. Bob brutally rapes and beats Karen in the park, abandoning her in the frigid winter air where she is found unconscious the following morning. Karen almost died that night. Since there are no witnesses to the crime, the police convince her family that they could never win the case if they press charges. The young man's family is influential. He is a good student at a top school and has no prior history of violence. Karen's parent's are too ashamed to pursue justice and tell their friends that Karen was the victim of a hit and run accident. It takes her over a year, and many surgeries, to recover - although she is left with a limp, no spleen, a badly damaged psyche and no self confidence. She will never have the children she has always longed for. Her life is ruined. She does not return to school. Her fiance, whom she finally tells the truth to, is unable to deal with the horrific situation and leaves her. Karen is brutalized once again by social and legal biases. Ms. Sloan writes two parallel storylines. She develops the lives and careers of Karen Kern, who has been forever altered by the attack, and Robert (Bob) Willmont, Karen's assailant, who is not effected by his actions at all. Sloan creates credible lives and fascinating characters for both of them. Tension and suspense build to a peak until the inevitable happens. The two, victim and assailant, meet thirty years later. What happens makes for some of the most riveting reading imaginable - and gives new meaning to the concept of "revenge." This book is more than a thriller, however. Ms. Sloan has written a chronicle of the changing attitudes towards women over a period of thirty years. I lived through those times and can testify to the accuracy of her writing. Karen is a courageous figure who tries, for over 3 decades, to come to terms with her ordeal. Sloan gives a sometimes shocking and very valid testimony here of a woman seeking justice and triumphing over the terrible pain and scars of rape.
JANA
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Summary: thinks this is one of the best books she has ever read!
Review: The ending of this book made my mouth drop open. I had to re-read it 3 times to make sure...this is one of the best books I have ever read!
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Summary: The Most Unforgetable Book!!!
Review: The Most Unforgettable Book!!! When I rented this book from the library I expected nothing of it.But boy was I wrong.This is one of the most amazing books Ive ever read and is definitely my all time favourite book. I had to purchase it for my collection. Susan R Sloan deals with the topic of rape with such sensitivity .Also the book is not written in your typical best seller style.Being from India you can totally identify with the kind of society potrayed in the 60s cos that's how the society in India is now.The way Karen s family blames her and ostracizes her for bringing shame to the family is how a lot of people would react.
Anyway the book is not only about her suffering but its also one of the best revenge thrillers .The ending is really gonna shock you.This is one book which all my college pals and even our mothers swear by it.Once you ve purchased this book you ll keep on passing it on cos you want to the whole world to read itI also recommend An Isolated Incident by the same author.The best thing about Susan R Sloan books are that you can read them again and again and they get better each time.
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Summary: The Best Book I ever read!!!
Review: The story was so captivating. I was angry, sad, happy over and over again in this book. It really keeps you interested!!
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Summary: WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE THIS BOOK TO OPRAH!!!
Review: This book by Susan Sloan never stops. It takes you by the hand or eye and never lets go. I read it two years ago and am still recommending to anyone that is looking for a good book. I would like to thank the author for reminding me why I love to read.
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Summary: outstanding- both intinsically and topically
Review: This book is superlative both for the story itself and it just happens to shed some possible, repeat possible, light on current events. The highest recommendation: a great read.
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