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Triptych (Will Trent #1)
Karin Slaughter
Narrator Michael Kramer
13 hours
Published April 23, 2007 by Penguin Random House Audio
I’ve been hearing so much about Karin Slaughter and how great her books are. I was so excited to finally jump into her world with both feet that I took the first book I could get my hands on at the library, an audiobook for Triptych.
At a very high level, the story has an interesting murder/serial killer theme, deeply-flawed characters (some of which you may be swayed into caring for) and the expected twist that all thrillers seem to have at least one of.
As a civilized culture, we often forget what’s at the heart of Human Nature. Humans can be vicious, selfish, cunning, depraved cold-hearted killers. We get lulled into society’s conventional rules and forget that right next door, there can be this horrible demon, in a human body.
The details in this book regarding not only the murders but the horrible actions towards children (as remembered by adult characters in the book) go a long way in reminding us of this fact.
One fun fact- I didn’t expect to hear so much gore in a book written by a woman. In fact, the whole book felt like a thriller written by a man. I didn’t think I was the kind to stereotype, but clearly, I did!
One other thing to note, when stories are based on characters not speaking up, letting issues escalate because a character chooses to not say anything about something they know or to bring clarity to a confusing situation, it drives me crazy! If a story has to rely on one or two things that could have easily been cleared up, it feels forced to me. There was a bit of that in this book. Good reasons for certain characters not to come forward with information in certain situations but in others, it just felt like it was essential to the plot line for someone to stay quiet when in reality, they might not have.
About half way into the book you determine who the ‘good’ and ‘bad’ characters are. For me, I REALLY hated the bad character by the end of the book. I was truly disgusted with this person. And the good characters, I was just sort of ‘meh’ about. While you do get a good backstory on the important players in the book, I just really felt no connection to them.
Overall, a decent thriller that I may pick up Book 2 for in the future. But certainly not such a great book that would merit all the accolades of this author that I continue to hear about. I’ll have to try a stand-alone book to see if I can jump on board this bandwagon.
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