Game: The Sequel to "I Hunt Killers": 2

3.5 StarsI'd like to start this review by stating that 'Game', the second entry in the Jasper Dent series, is a good book. I read it in two sittings and was never bored. I also have to point out though, that it just really isn't up to the standard of 'I Hunt Killers', which was disappointing.This entry picks up not long after the events of the first novel, with Japer Dent in his home town and Billy Dent on the loose after escaping from prison. I won't go into spoilers but just like the last book, a new serial killer is introduced in New York that could possibly somehow be connected to Billy, resulting in the FBI/NYPD asking for Jasper's help in getting inside this new killer's head.I think my main gripe with the story was that Jasper actually being in New York for the majority of the novel, it introduced too many new characters in the new police department meaning that we missed out on the bond and relationship between Jasper and the Sherif. The story of the killings also, despite being quite clever, gets pretty convoluted and more 'out there' as the story goes on, turning Billy into a campy villain instead of the evil serial killer from the first book.The biggest complaint though is with the side characters. I liked Connie and Howie in the previous book, and the crime solving dynamic they had, but in this entry, with Jasper off in New York, there chapters feel a little tacked on. They also feel a little weakly written in their chapters with Howie simply being obsessed with sex non stop, and Connie making one idiotic (and I mean IDIOTIC) decision after another.Overall, like I said this was a good book, and I will definitely be picking up the next in the series but the greatness of the first book hasn't repeated itself here.

Book as described. Fun to read. Book arrived on time also.

This is the sequel to I Hunt Killers which was a amazing book aswell. This book picks up several months after the events of the first, it comes with a more elaborate killer and you wont see the pattern until the book tells you. The writer is incredibly talented and i cant wait until the third book.

Super tolles Buch, ich habe in einer Buchhandlung diesen Teil auf Deutsch gekauft, unwissend das es Teil 2 einer Trilogie ist.Danach habe ich hier 1-3 auf Englisch bestellt, weil Teil 3 noch nicht in Deutsch veröffentlicht war.Von Seite 1 bis zur letzten Spannung, Abwechslung und tolle Wendungen.Ich persönlich finde es nicht zu brutal oder blutig, ich finde es ist realistisch und angemessen geschrieben, jedoch nicht auf slasher Niveau. Die etwas brutaleren Stellen helfen sich in den Hauptakteur besser hineinzufinden, wieso er jetzt handelt wie er es tut aufgrund seiner Kindheit. Ich habe alle 3 Teile abends nach der Arbeit verschlugen innerhalb von einer Woche. Hohes Suchtrisiko also.Auch das Ende der Trilogie finde ich sehr gelungen. Also 5 Sterne und beide Daumen hoch !

Cover and pages were intact No damage at all.