It seemed like it stemmed from a lack of awareness and insensitivity towards the female characters, rather than a carefully crafted literary device. Broken Dolls by James Carol was a very disturbing read it chilled me to the core , but thoroughly enjoyed it. This was my first experience of James Carol and I am now wondering if I will have the same frustrations with some of his other books. There was a couple of surprises that caught me but nothing really earth shattering, a familiar false trail exercise but on the whole the paths are familiar, so it's down to the characters and there's just enough there to revisit this series.

The opening scenes of this book are harrowing and hit you like a punch in the face, which pretty much sets the tone for the rest of the book. star read this one for me, can't wait for the next book in this series, I am sure it's going to be a hit. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. We are introduced to Jefferson Winter, an incredibly intelligent and insightful man who is also down to earth and very easy to connect with.By the end of Broken Dolls, Winter had developed into a great character who almost every reader will want to ride with again. Mr Carol, I am really enjoying your books now that I have discovered them and this was no exception. Mique undoubtedly accomplished what he set out to do with this novella—he crafted a harrowing tale of a mother’s and child’s interactions with a monster who will stop at nothing to destroy their lives. We build the foundation of our lives on faultlines and shifting sand, and in his last moments my father had managed to send a Richter-nine quake rattling through mine, destroying everything I'd held as right and true. She never expected to have to fight for her daughter's life she had always known that human beings were terrifying monsters.

They may also be used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. For me it's hard to read a book about a woman just opening up her door to 2 men she doesn't know at night and then letting them into her home. Once a rising star at the FBI, he is now a freelance consultant, jetting around the globe helping local law enforcement agencies with difficult cases. I, however, am coming to learn that my preference for extreme horror lies with books that are so outrageously unrealistic that I can completely remove fiction from reality. Years later Jefferson is in the FBI working as a profiler and his father is put to death by injection.

He’s clearly a character that leaves an impression as he has a shock of white hair and has an exceedingly high IQ, and that’s just to name a couple of things. That said and by no means wishing to lessen what was a fantastic story, my biggest praise has got to go to reader William Hope. Seller has stated it will dispatch the item within 1 working day upon receipt of cleared payment - opens in a new window or tab . With classics such as Ted Hughes's The Iron Man and award-winners including Emma Carroll's Letters from the Lighthouse, Faber Children's Books brings you the best in picture books, young reads and classics. He's got an incredibly high IQ of course, drinks, smokes and his father was caught and executed as a convicted serial killer.