Slipping into the Darkness

I have decided to read Slipping Into Darkness, for some reason ever since I read the Innocent Man by John Gresham I have really enjoyed reading mystery/murder stories. The book I'm reading is about a guy who was set up for murder from a previous case and no there is some young doctor who was murdered in her apartment and they somehow think it's connected to the same guy that is up for murder. I can't wait to see how this book ends. I enjoy reading about mysteries and seeing how the main characters react to the situations they are placed in. Steven King even wrote a review for the book and said "one of the best books I've read in a long, long time" which in my opinion says a lot. Steven King is a tremendous writer and has some original writing. I haven't read anything by Peter Blauner yet but I can honestly say I think it's going to be a good read. Once they submit a DNA sample they find out that it doesn’t belong to Julian Vega and end up having to dig up the twenty year old remains of the victim to try and get a DNA sample from under the finger nails of the deceased. Once they test the sample it comes back that it definitely doesn’t belong to Julian so all that work the detective did was completely pointless and put an innocent man in jail for almost twenty years. I fully plan on going home and curling up in my blanket and read this book!

Guided Response... Review

After finishing Thirteen Reasons Why in a way I found myself wanting to find out what happened between Clay and Skye. Since that wasn't an option, I settled for just thinking about what the purpose of the book was. The novel at first didn't really captivate me as I thought it would. It took a little bit to get into. Once I was within 50 pages in on the book I certainly didn't want to put it down. I started thinking about if this were one of my friends how would I feel, or would I actually follow the map and listen to the tapes as closely as Clay did. In all honesty I truly feel that I would. I would certainly want to know what happened to my friend and if there is a possible hidden message somewhere that I might catch that no one else did. I felt kind of sorry for Clay because he did have such high feelings for Hannah but never really broke out of his shell to take it further. So I was thinking that maybe he felt if he would have spoken to her sooner than maybe she might still be alive. I also thought about my friends who have recently died and what they might have been thinking before they took their own lives. This was a very good book once it finally got started. I wouldn't mind reading another book by Jay Asher just hope it's something that grabs me before I'm a quarter into it.