John Sandford
Paperback | Pages: 358 pages Rating: 4.18 | 22059 Users | 652 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Eyes of Prey |
| ISBN: | 0425214435 (ISBN13: 9780425214435) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Lucas Davenport #3 |
| Characters: | Lucas Davenport |
| Setting: | United States of America |
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Book three in the series and I am liking Lucas Davenport more and more. In one of my earlier reviews I described him as morally bereft. He is getting better in this regard although he still has a way to go. He has another event in this book where anger management therapy would be advisable but he still manages to be charming and smart as his depression starts to lift.Eyes of Prey has an excellent story line with two totally reprehensible murderers and a lot of blood and gore. Lucas manages to rise above his personal problems and performs some excellent police work. He also delivers a major surprise at the end with a twist I did not see coming at all!
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* Charming main character - Tick
* Interesting story - Tick
* Murders and mayhem - Tick
* Major twist at the end - Tick
All that I desire from a murder mystery. I am already looking forward to the next one.
Mention Epithetical Books Eyes of Prey (Lucas Davenport #3)
| Title | : | Eyes of Prey (Lucas Davenport #3) |
| Author | : | John Sandford |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 358 pages |
| Published | : | March 6th 2007 by G.P. Putnam's Sons (first published April 4th 1991) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Thriller. Crime |
Rating Epithetical Books Eyes of Prey (Lucas Davenport #3)
Ratings: 4.18 From 22059 Users | 652 ReviewsCommentary Epithetical Books Eyes of Prey (Lucas Davenport #3)
Wow, I din't quite liked the first two books of the series but this is something else. Enjoyed it a lot. Always wonder what's inside author's head to make these dark characters, to write masterfully about their sick and twisted minds... Reading this book was as watching horror movie - you're feeling gross and afraid, but still watching - fascinated...Most mental health professionals would probably tell you that a clinical depression needs to be treated with a combination of drugs and therapy, but Lucas Davenport found his own method of pulling himself out of a funk by beating the snot out of a pimp and then trying to track down a pair of wacko serial killers. I guess its cheaper than Prozac.An insane pathologist, Michael Bekker, has teamed up with a deformed stage actor named Carlo Druze to pull a Hitchcock-style Strangers On A Train
Davenport is depressed because of previous cases that ended badly and a failed relationship...so maybe, just maybe, he should stop being such as a$$hole in his love life and as a cop, and his situation will improve. There is a crazy duo of partner serial killers that was intriguing in this story, and you know Davenport will get his mojo back by the end of the book.
The more I listen/read the Lucas Davenport series, the more I like them and get excited for the next one in the series. In book 3, the author does a great job of showing us the effects of the events from Book 2 has on Lucas life and Sanford also does a good job of letting us see a cop on the edge dealing with some emotional turmoil. It was great to watch Davenport fight for his sanity and get excited about a case again. One of the highlights for me though was getting to know Lucas partners Dell
What a mess. Some good ideas to update Strangers on a Train, but made over-complicated and dull, too. The villain is graphically repulsive, with far too much cartoon madness. The ending has a half-clever but inconsequential twist. Where book #1 Rules of Prey showed great promise, and book #2 Shadow Prey opened a world of Indian suffering as well as courage, and without letting Davenport become too much of a stinking monster, this Eyes of Prey is dissatisfying on so many levels. I wish I had
The third book in the long-running PREY series is a major improvement over the second book, which I felt was much weaker than the first installment. Lucas Davenport is in a deep depression following the events of the second book, and only a new love interest he meets while tracking a particularly bizarre murderer seems to pull him out of it. This book is much darker than the previous two, and that's really saying something. It's a much more cohesive novel than the second, and it doesn't get as
2.5 to 3 Stars. I am reading the Davenport series for a couple of reasons. First is that it came highly recommended and second is that I am a sucker for a series so I find it difficult to stop once Ive gotten going. But overall I am underwhelmed. The books are good but I dont think they are great. It could be that I expected too much or it could be that the style simply isnt for me. I keep feeling shorted at the end; like there is a decent job working on the buildup but then it fizzles. I
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