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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
In Hard Truth, Anna Pigeon tackles the cold-blooded evil of a psychopathic mind, both of a serial killer and also of a sexual abuser. At the same time, she battles her own challenges, foisted into a demanding role as the new district ranger in Colorado, away from her home base in Mississippi and her three-day-old marriage to the loving and supportive Sheriff and Pastor Paul Davidson. Can she maintain respect, manage loneliness, and figure out what’s going on in the face of a confusing set of bizarre circumstances?
This one started slow for me. I guess I need to have the intrepid Anna Pigeon, Park Ranger Extraordinaire, in the story as soon as possible. That way, I can vicariously live a dramatic life of adventure through her. However, in this story, she took a while arriving. I needed to know how things were going with her: her work, her pets . . . her love life.
However, this Anna Pigeon mystery turned out to be a dynamite story. And, of all the books in this series, probably it is the one with the most heart. By the end of the novel, I was cheering for all the women who had been transformed through facing the hard truth in their lives. I also appreciated learning about how abusers captivate and control their victims.
This story also showed much more of Anna’s tender-hearted side, probably because she was juxtaposed against such evil. In addition, as the story unfolded, I began to sympathize with the secondary heroine in the story, much more than I expected, until, by the end, I felt so grateful that she had resolved her difficult issues. I felt encouraged as she found her own power.
The twist near the end really surprised me. I had no idea who the perpetrator of the crimes could be. Usually, I’m making intelligent guesses, one of which turns out to be the right one. In Hard Truth, the real murderer wasn’t even on my list.
Of all the Nevada Barr mysteries, this one was the most difficult to stay with because of its very difficult subject matter. However, I found it, in the end, to be worth it.
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61 of 69 people found the following review helpful
This episode is far from being "cozy"
28 Mar 2005
Format:Hardcover
Park ranger Anna Pigeon has taken an assignment in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, unfortunately many states away from her new husband Paul back in Mississippi. This is Anna Pigeon's darkest encounter yet, with the danger buried not in Mother Nature, but in the embodiment of some truly sinister human beings. Her near partner-against-crime is an unlikely woman in a wheelchair. Heath Jarrod is a former rock climber who is now paralyzed after falling from a cliff. The two are both such strong women that they don't immediately hit it off. But both are making every effort to right the numerous wrongs in the situations they find themselves in. The issues here are disturbing but far too real: kidnapping, child abuse, religious cults, serial killings. Serious stuff.
Anna realizes who the perpetrator is with one third of the book to go. She spends the rest of that time in an attempt not to catch the person, but making every effort to get away and get safe. And it's a long struggle in the remote wilds of Rocky Mountain National Park.
I was captivated by the turn of events and the characters and read the last half of the book with both curiosity and dread. I like to be mystified, but I don't like to be scared. I don't watch horror movies and I don't usually read dark and sinister stuff. That being said, I think HARD TRUTH may be the last Anna Pigeon book for me. I've read each book in the series and have enjoyed them overall, especially as they are set in such wonderful surroundings. But the darkness and the violence is getting too much for naive, little me. I wish Ms. Barr and Anna well, and maybe our paths will cross again someday.
HARD TRUTH is an intriguing, suspenseful, well-crafted story that could all too easily be true. Be afraid, be very afraid!
Anna realizes who the perpetrator is with one third of the book to go. She spends the rest of that time in an attempt not to catch the person, but making every effort to get away and get safe. And it's a long struggle in the remote wilds of Rocky Mountain National Park.
I was captivated by the turn of events and the characters and read the last half of the book with both curiosity and dread. I like to be mystified, but I don't like to be scared. I don't watch horror movies and I don't usually read dark and sinister stuff. That being said, I think HARD TRUTH may be the last Anna Pigeon book for me. I've read each book in the series and have enjoyed them overall, especially as they are set in such wonderful surroundings. But the darkness and the violence is getting too much for naive, little me. I wish Ms. Barr and Anna well, and maybe our paths will cross again someday.
HARD TRUTH is an intriguing, suspenseful, well-crafted story that could all too easily be true. Be afraid, be very afraid!
31 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Very uncomfortable and unnerving
19 April 2005
Format:Hardcover
I love Nevada Barr novels. Having said that I found this one very difficult to get through. I am a middle school science teacher during the school year and a National Park law enforcement ranger in the summer. I have worked in two of the parks Ms. Barr has written about. I love Ms. Barrs writing style and the novels have done a great job in educating or introducing people to National Parks and the National Park scene. Although I found the location of this story beautiful, the subject was extremely dark. Normally I love getting lost in her novels for hours at a time but this time I couldn't wait to get back to reality. When brutality of the nature in this book happens to adults (even in fiction) it is bad, but when it happens to children it is horrific. If there was an educational bent to this story or some moral to be used to improve society maybe I would understand it better. I didn't see one in this book.
I'm not writing this to try to influence Nevada Barrs next novels content. I want more people to read her books. The more people caring about their national parks the better. I'm writing this because I don't want people to be turned off if this is their first book of hers they are going to read. If you haven't read any of her books I recomend starting with Track of the Cat and following the growth of Anna Pigeon through her successive stories,
I'm not writing this to try to influence Nevada Barrs next novels content. I want more people to read her books. The more people caring about their national parks the better. I'm writing this because I don't want people to be turned off if this is their first book of hers they are going to read. If you haven't read any of her books I recomend starting with Track of the Cat and following the growth of Anna Pigeon through her successive stories,
20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Incredibily unpleasant read
23 Aug 2006
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I have been a huge fan of the Anna Pigeon mysteries. The hard truth about Hard Truth is skip it. It is a very unpleasant experience.
The graphic representation of child abuse and cruelty in this book still makes me ill.
What I've loved about the Anna Pigeon series is that I felt like I got a good sense of the national park where the story took place with an appreciation for the natural beauty of the area. I doubt Anna spent more than a night in Rocky Mountain National Park. Not only does she completely miss the unique character of the park but the park has no necessary link to the story. The whole thing could have taken place in urban Chicago.
I have been picking up Nevada Barr books as fast as I could find them. This book, however, was truely repulsive. I'll be much more cautious about investing a part of my life in her next book.
The graphic representation of child abuse and cruelty in this book still makes me ill.
What I've loved about the Anna Pigeon series is that I felt like I got a good sense of the national park where the story took place with an appreciation for the natural beauty of the area. I doubt Anna spent more than a night in Rocky Mountain National Park. Not only does she completely miss the unique character of the park but the park has no necessary link to the story. The whole thing could have taken place in urban Chicago.
I have been picking up Nevada Barr books as fast as I could find them. This book, however, was truely repulsive. I'll be much more cautious about investing a part of my life in her next book.
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