Career of Evil

Alright, so I have pretty much no self control. I finished The Silkworm yesterday and immediately checked out Career of Evil on ebook from my local library.

For all the dark, grizzly content, I didn't find this book to be full of sensationalism. As a warning, this book does contain rape, incest, physical violence, cannibalism, drug abuse, and, of course, murder. Several of the victims were children. The author does a good job of handling these events with honest depictions of alarm, disgust, and fear, and the learned gallows humor of people (including Strike) who have had personal and professional experience with the abusers and victims. It wasn't always pretty, but if felt real and true.

It was a good read, and kept me engaged. I liked having a look into Strike's and Robin's heads. Like I've stated before in my review for The Silkworm, I enjoyed Robin and Strike's self-awareness. They knew when they were being unreasonable, and where the tension was coming from, in both their personal and professional lives. Boundaries between the two shifted, blurred, and were completely reset. The book delved heavily into the backgrounds of Strike and Robin, with some stunning revelations for both of them.

I like Strike and Robin and will definitely read the upcoming new book that can't come soon enough. But Matthew can go jump in a ditch. What a prat.