Customer Reviews
Brilliant beginning... - By: Helen Simpson, 13 Aug 2008 
...however as the story progresses it all gets a bit ploddy & I found myself losing interest as to whether the mystery is resolved or not.
Special Agent Will Trent & Detective Faith Mitchell are thrown together to unravel this case. Will featuresin 'Triptych' butin 'Fractured' Karin concentrates more on developing his character, more than one aspect of which is worked nicelyin with the story. Both he & Faith are realistically written with interesting histories & mini plots of their own & and I liked their developing work relationship.
The message running through this novel is the importance of families & a feeling that you belong. Some characters having been denied a loving family, others not realising what they have until it's too late.
Whilst the momentum wasn't sustained throughout, it was still an enjoyable read & I'd definitely read the next novel featuring Will & Faith.
good but not great - By: Mrs. Lynn Hanley, 10 Aug 2008 i have been a fan of karin slaughter's books for sometime & love her grant county series but i feel her will trent novels (fractured is the secondin the series)don't hold the readers imagination enough & the characters don't have the same appeal to the reader. i feel that most of the characters appear hollow with no real depth & no significant likeable quality, unlike her grant county characters. i found the story interesting enough - its basically involves the brutal murder of teenage girl, with the addition of a law enforcement assumption, human error, kidnapping & the usual mystery surrounding it all & we should have had a quality thriller but it just doesn't make the grade i'm afraid. its worth a read but not on par with her grant county series
Lacking the usual Karin Slaughter talent - By: S. Lloyd, 09 Aug 2008 The plot is a not a new one. In fact a recent comparison would be Kernick's "Deadline" which I feel was written with more grit & interest than Slaughter hasin this work.
The beginning was so promising with an explosive beginning & immediate twist. Afterward the plot seemed to plod alongin an unspectacular way. I found this really surprising as Slaughter is a great writer who normally has the reader hooked right up to the end.
She does create strong characters & "Fractured" is no exception with Special Agent Will Trent & Faith Mitchell being expertly well-drawn throughout.
This was just lacking the usual talent of Slaughter - hopefully the next work will see her back to her true form.
fractured plot - By: florida47, 08 Aug 2008 
Usually, I love books by Karin Slaughter. However, this book started out with a bang, got downright boring, then ended with a fizzle. Will Trent is a good guy, but this book didn't bring out traits that made him interesting. I was totally disappointed with this book/\.
Close but no Cigar (this time) - By: Sterile, 08 Aug 2008 
Been there since the start with Blindsighted whichin many ways was a total 'can't put it down' experience. Tryptych was much the same but introducing Will Trent as the main Character. I was fully expecting another thriller to make your toes tingle but this just fell a little short. The story is a good one, & I urge you to go & read it - just don't expect fantastic value for money (this time)but it's still worth your hard earned cash!
No, *wow* moments no sharp intakes of breath as you read & no expletives when Slaughter knocks your socks off with her writing. A good solid basis for a crime/thriller but not a 5* read that would get you burning the midnight oil.
