4,5⭐️

A mystery full of twists and turns, making it difficult to recognize the murderer.

An entertaining mystery story, though I felt the ending dragged on a little.

This story keeps you guessing, and I absolutely was stunned by the ending!

Overwrought serial killer thriller.

Ubicado en Estados Unidos en los años 60’s, este libro tiene un thriller muy bueno, de asesinatos y de la investigación de dichos asesinatos, pero todo rodeado de un ambiente social relacionado con el racismo.

Aunque tengo que decir que el tema del racismo se maneja de manera muy superficial y no tanto como se debería de acuerdo a la época, sin embargo, no me ha molestado, al contrario, el libro está centrado en el tema de los asesinatos y de los posibles sospechosos, todos tienen algo que esconder, ninguno se salva, así que no es fácil adivinar con quién es el asesino.

El protagonista, Carmine, me ha gustado mucho, no es el típico personaje policiaco con problemas y traumas y tragedioso, es un personaje más bien inteligente y con una forma de ser bastante positiva y eso me ha gustado, por supuesto este libro rosa un poco la relación de este personaje con Desdemona, la relación entre ambos le da un toque ligero enmedio de tantas muertes horribles.

El thriller es muy bueno, de esos que tanto nos gusta a quienes nos gusta este género, es bastante morboso, el caso es de esos que jugosos y la investigación inteligente y entretenida.

La verdadera sorpresa, sin embargo, está en el final, es brutal y realmente me ha dejado impactada, cuando he pensado que todo estaba resuelto, me han dado una pequeña vuelta de tuerca que para nada me esperaba

La autora ha hecho un trabajo genial ambientando la historia, sin duda puedes sentirte en los años 60’s, sin entrar en grandes descripciones, con muy pequeños detalles puedes darte cuenta de que se trata de esa época y eso me ha gustado mucho.

Me ha gustado y pretendo, si es que el tiempo y la vida me da suficiente para leer todo lo pendiente, en seguir con la serie.

This is one of those books where you can pretty much skip a couple hundred pages in the middle. The ending was redeeming otherwise this would've been a one star rating. I've never read anything else by this author but too many underdeveloped characters seems to be a common criticism and I agree for this book. The seed of the mystery is actually really good, there was just so much other stuff mixed in that it was hard to stay excited. I wasn't re-engaged until some three hundred pages in. This novel was a test of my patience and perseverance, I suppose the ending is worth it.

It took me a long time to get into the book as the first chapter was long and had many characters that actually confused me a bit until the end. But the end was really good and fast moving and left me wanting the book to continue.

100 stars Damn, that shit was crazy. I love when an author sticks a knife in and twists and then does an upward thrust. I am wholly satisfied and, as with all of McCullough’s books, mystified by her expansive genius.

Чудесна. МНого добре написана и раязбира се с неочакван край.

"On, Off" by Colleen McCullough is the first in her series featuring Carmine Delmonico, a Lieutenant in the Holloman Police Department. Let me first say that if I didn't know McCullough had written this book, I would never have guessed she was the author. This novel is very different from what most of us know McCullough for, such as "The Thorn Birds". And I'm not yet sure that's a good thing. I'm still thinking this is very much like an author's first book in a series, where they are just starting to develop character and at times take the plot a bit too far in an attempt to create a complexity that is sure to draw the reader in and leave them eagerly awaiting the next book in the series.

To clarify...there were far too many characters in this book...far too many suspects and subplots going on. I had to make notes since I don't like reading a book and not being able to keep characters and other information straight in my head.

Then there are the crimes that took place...a bit too sensational and gory for my liking, torture, violence, and sadism.

And then there was the ending after the ending. By that I mean that after the crime was solved, McCullough decided to add a bit more to the wrapping up of the book. For me that extra wrapping up went a bit too far.

Having said all that, it was a good attempt at giving readers what they want...another crime series to read and another strong protagonist named Delmonico. I haven't yet decided if I'll read the next book.
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