Anyone read Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith?

[graywarrior]

Unbelievably incredible book based on the true story of a serial killer in Russia during the Stalin era.

[rug]

1. What do you read on Easter?

:scared:

[graywarrior]

3. Kitty porn

[Connonym]

2. by the title I thought it was a future look at the Duggar family

[RetroLounge]

4. ...

:applause:

RL

[Are_grits_groceries]

5. I thought it was a great look at

how things must have been in the Stalinist era. I wasn't sold on it as a thriller. I guess I got spoiled after "Silence of the Lambs." I'm pretty picky about my serial killers now. :rofl:

They have to have something more interesting than slice and dice. However, I won't read books with kids missing or in the hands of a killer. I also hate it when an animal enters a story. You just know something evil is going to happen to it.

[graywarrior]

6. You're missing out on a great story

[Are_grits_groceries]

7. I did read and enjoyed as more

of a history than as a thriller.:hi:

[graywarrior]

8. Silly meeeeeeeeeeee.

Yeah, the historical stuff was awesome.

[MountainLaurel]

9. Loved it

I liked how it worked on so many levels -- you got an idea for the minutiae of the lives of regular people and how that drew a picture of the country's political scene. The vastness of the landscape was juxtaposed against the butterfly effect of how a nosy old biddy on the Black Sea could affect the lives of a family hundreds of miles away.

[Patiod]

10. That's odd - a friend just recommnended it on "Good Reads"

Just got an update this morning "Good Reads - updates from Joe" and it was "Child 44"

[graywarrior]

11. It's gonna creep into people's reading agenda's

[mainegreen]

12. No, but it sounds interesting.