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Book Reviews of Broken Monsters

Broken Monsters
Broken Monsters
Author: Lauren Beukes
ISBN-13: 9780316216821
ISBN-10: 0316216828
Publication Date: 9/16/2014
Pages: 288
Rating:
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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3.4 stars, based on 10 ratings
Publisher: Mulholland Books
Book Type: Hardcover
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joann avatar reviewed Broken Monsters on + 408 more book reviews
Gabi Versado is a Detroit detective and has come across a murder scene that is hard to fathom. A young boy is found near a bridge. He is half boy and half deer. Her partner, new to the force, is eager to explore more.
Layla, detective Gabi's daughter, is playing a dangerous flirtation with an online pedophile, along with her friend Cas. They are trying to catch one of them and take things to an extreme level.
TK is an individual who works at the local church, trying to keep the homeless safe and fed.
Jonno Haim is a writer trying to make his way in a new city after failing to make a name for himself in New York.
All of these characters become involved in a dire predicament involving the artist Clayton Bloom. Clayton has some very weird thoughts about what the creation of art is all about.

Turn off your cellphone.
Linda avatar reviewed Broken Monsters on + 770 more book reviews
First of all, I would like to thank my son, Ray Smith, for this book. He looked at the cover and decided that I would love this one. I give him kudos for choosing a book, not only that I found intriguing, but for taking the chance that of the thousands of books I have read to choose one that I hadn't.

It all starts with a body .... upper body of a young boy somehow sewn to the bottom half of a deer. Certainly not something Detective Versado has never seen before, but it won 't be the last. More bodies are found, more disturbing match ups. Who is this monster and what drives him to do what he does?

I have to admit, that other than the discovery of the first body, it was slow going for awhile. So many characters were introduced that seemingly had nothing to do with the story. But the more I read, the more I could see how the author was taking her time in defining the characters and bringing them into my circle of reading. And the characters are exquisite and so credible.

This is a unique killer, one that I won't forget easily.
mztrees avatar reviewed Broken Monsters on + 153 more book reviews
Double YUK. Read 100 pages and gave up. I didn't like anything about the book or characters. On to something much better. Don't know why there are so many people on the wish list.