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| Skin Privilege | 
 enlarge | Author: Karin Slaughter
Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  74 reviews
Sales Rank: 1432
Media: Paperback
Pages: 576
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Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.4 x 1.5
ISBN: 0099481847
EAN: 9780099481843
ASIN: 0099481847
Publication Date: March 27, 2008
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 Loved it! November 3, 2008
I can understand other people's anger at the way Karin ended the book, however, I think she has left it open if she wants to come back to it. We don't actually know 100% what the outcome was, and she could come back to it when she gets some more inspiration. I really enjoyed the book, and I think it was a great eye-opener at some of the problems in the Deep South with racism and prejudice. It was quite educational, especially with problems that Barack Obama is facing, and these are the sort of people he is up against. She writes in such a manner that you can believe what is being said and how it is being said. I love her style and the fact that she keeps you on the edge of her seat. There are also complaints that she focused on Lena too much. I quite liked that, it was nice to learn a bit more about her character and about her uncle and his shady past. I thoroughly enjoyed the book, and it was quite possibly my favourite out of the series.
 Not The Best In The Series October 13, 2008
In Skin Privilege Lena Adams returns to the small town of her youth, where she becomes the prime suspect in a vicious murder. It is up to her boss, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, and his wife, Sara Linton, to prove her innocence. Their case is not helped, though, when Lena goes on the run.
This book deals more with the character Lena Adams, than the other books in the series, and I found it quite a depressing read. It's not that I don't like Lena's character, but I feel the author really piles on the misery in this one.
As for the storyline itself, I found that it was quite slow moving for the most part, and only really got me hooked towards the end. Overall, an okay read, but there are better books in the Grant County series.
SHOCKING ! September 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
One or two people have put massive spoilers in some of their reviews for this book so unfortunately I knew what was coming and when it did it was totally shocking. If you have followed the `Grant County' series from book 1 (Blindsighted) through to this possibly final one (I say possibly because I've read somewhere that Karin Slaughter is taking a few years off from `Grant County'), you will have appreciated how as a writer Slaughter has matured and developed her characters. This is especially so in the fifth book (Faithless) in which she incorporates Sara and Jeffrey first meeting into the up to date story and gives the reader great insight into their relationship which puts into perspective some of the feelings and emotions of the previous books, and indeed into Skin Privilege.
Much of this book is about Lena Adams, Jeffrey's former colleague. Some reviewers have said that it's too much about Lena rather than Jeffrey and Sara but Lena has always been a big part of Grant County and, in a way, this book has gone back into Lena's past in the same way Faithless did with Jeffrey and Sara. Lena deserved to have her childhood looked into and have some of the wrongs put right. She's always seemed such an angry and bad tempered character in the previous books and in this one, her upbringing by her uncle Hank comes to the fore and answers some previously unasked questions. For past readers of the Grant County series all this is more important than the crimes which the book is centred around, but for those who are reading this as a stand alone story then the dreadful vicious murders, violence, racism and thrill of the chase gives a great un-put-downable story. I think Slaughter is up there with the best of the crime and thriller writers and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this book or any of the Grant County series.
One last thing, if you read this book DO NOT BUY BEYOND REACH, it is the same book with a different title.
 Grant County bore September 6, 2008
Sorry, but not a very good book. It was almost written by numbers, or following a methods. I think that the early dialogue between Lena and Sarah was meant to intrigue but I found it particularly irritating.
The sex scenes and the LOVE between the main protagonists did not come through very naturally.
The story picked up at the end, but until then it was slow and much of the dialogue was
Twisted ending,How dare you, Karin? August 21, 2008
I loved the whole of the 'Grant County' series, but the end to this one is way too twisted. How dare you do this, Karin?
I am hoping Karin Slaughter will have something else on teh Grant County as I don't think I will be able to read any of the other series.
If you have not read any of her books please do they are absolutely fantastic and you would not want to put it down until you have read the entire book.
Good work though, more grease to your elbow!
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