Wednesday 5 November 2014

Review: Heartsick by Chelsea Cain



Book: Heartsick

Author: Chelsea Cain

Pages: 326

I Read: The Kindle version

I Read it in: 4 hours

Plot Summary: Det. Archie Sheridan led the Beauty Killer Task Force for ten years, before the Beauty Killer (Gretchen Lowell) caught him, tortured him for ten days and then mysteriously let him go and turned herself in.  

Now it’s two years later and Archie, addicted to pain pills and still obsessed with Gretchen, is called off medical leave to hunt a second serial killer.  

Pink-haired girl journalist Susan Ward is assigned to profile Archie.  She knows he’s hiding something.  But what?

What I Liked: Here's what I liked about this book: 

  • A woman serial killer. We don't get to see enough of those in movies and TV shows and so, it was interesting to read about a manipulative, cruel and ruthless woman serial killer. Gretchen Lowell has her flaws (as in, the way she is written about is flawed) but she is eerie and interesting. 
  • The new serial killing case where fifteen year old girls are getting abducted and killed was interestingly crafted. 
  • There were a few other characters that were interesting- Susan Ward, the journalist, Anna- the FBI profiler and a few other cops in Sheridan's team. 
  • The intense, slightly crazy dynamic between Gretchen and Archie was interesting. A sort of Hannibal and Claire type bond.. morbid but fascinating. 

What I Didn't Like:
Quite a few things, actually.. 


  • Archie was an annoying character. I get it, he has been through a lot at Gretchen's hands but I don't get why he is so broken and so damaged and is barely able to function without medicating himself up to his eyeballs. After a point, I hated reading about him. He got on my nerves! 
  • The new serial killer case started off well but not enough time was spent solving this case.. the end was sudden and everything was sort of neatly wrapped up and connected to one of the characters close to the investigation team. A little too convenient! 
  • The twist in the end was so predictable and, again, a little too convenient. (Don't want to spoil it for those who want to read the book!) 


Rating: 2.5/5

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