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'Fast-paced and absorbing...complex and gripping.'
--GUARDIAN, 21/11/09
--GUARDIAN, 21/11/09
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'Warped ... bloodthirsty ... No matter how much you despise yourself for getting sucked into such places, Hayder is brilliant at making you read on'
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Mo Hayder's Skin is a seriously enjoyable read. I wasn't very keen on her last book (the 1st part of the trilogy) Ritual but looking back it was pretty good and creepy. Police diver Flea Marley's plot line, whilst far fetched, served the book well and It was great to see the return of a certain pint sized villain. The denouement is truly inspired. I was pretty spooked and If you don't like the idea of plunging into deep, dark quarries in the dead of night so will you be! Very cool ending that promises a lot for next years final installment. Mo's an author who's imagination I'm more than happy to follow in to the dark abyss. Highly recommended.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
So just to re-iterate what has been said in other reviews: If this book were a computer game it would be called an expansion pack and would carry the warning "original book required". Skin contains so many references to the previous story, Ritual, that you really have to buy that one to understand what`s going on in Skin.
My amin problem with Skin though, is that one of the story strands, involving a police officer attempting to cover up her brother`s hit-and-run accident is so unbelievable that it`s laughable. For this reason I found it difficult to keep on reading until the end.
Despite this, the book is readable and fairly interesting. You will want to see the tale resolve itself, although it never quite does.
I must admit I only read Hayder in the hope that she will repeat the excellent standard of her first novel, The Treatment. Unfortunately, for me she never has.
Maybe the last book in this trilogy will be the one. Or maybe not.
My amin problem with Skin though, is that one of the story strands, involving a police officer attempting to cover up her brother`s hit-and-run accident is so unbelievable that it`s laughable. For this reason I found it difficult to keep on reading until the end.
Despite this, the book is readable and fairly interesting. You will want to see the tale resolve itself, although it never quite does.
I must admit I only read Hayder in the hope that she will repeat the excellent standard of her first novel, The Treatment. Unfortunately, for me she never has.
Maybe the last book in this trilogy will be the one. Or maybe not.
34 of 40 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
First of all, let me recommend you read Mo Hayder's previous novel `Ritual' before tackling this one. It's not essential but you may find some of the plot references in `Skin' very confusing if you don't.
The events in `Skin' take place literally a few days after `Ritual'. There are three main plot strands: i) Someone appears to be killing women and disguising their deaths as suicide. He's also fond of skinning animals and obsessed by skin in general; ii) the identity of the woman run over and killed in `Ritual' by Thom, brother of police diver Phoebe `Flea' Marley is revealed. There's a major investigation into her disappearance and `Flea' is faced with a dilemma; iii) DI Jack Caffery is still searching for his `Tokoloshe Man', again from `Ritual', and the practices of `muti' or African black magic re-surface.
As you will have noticed two of the above plotlines are direct continuations from the previous book, so you'll appreciate now why I suggest you read it first! Of the three strands, by far the most unsatisfactory is the first, which I found to be totally unconvincing. Luckily, Mo handles the other two with much more skill.
Both DI Jack Caffery and `Flea' Marley are well drawn, complex characters with dark shadows in their past, which frequently occlude their waking hours. This is perhaps why there's an affinity between them.
Two or three of the diving scenes in the book in particular are almost unbearably tense and you find yourself holding your breath as you read them. There are unresolved issues at the book's close and, without giving anything away, these are clearly going to be explored further in the next book.
`Skin' is tense, brooding, dark and ambitious... but, for me, ultimately not 100% satisfying: I feel it's less than the sum of its parts and doesn't quite gel as a whole. However, there is still much to enjoy and some readers will, I'm sure, think it's tremendous. Others may hate it - it's THAT kind of book!
With her first two novels `Birdman' and `The Treatment', Mo proved she could deliver the goods big time, so I'll be sticking with her for a couple more reads at least.
p.s: `Ritual' was described as the first book in `The Walking Man' series. In that book, The Walking Man himself only appeared in a few pages and was entirely peripheral to the plot. He appears again in `Skin' - twice - but again, for a few pages only. But this book is NOT described as the second volume in `The Walking Man' series. Confused? I am!
The events in `Skin' take place literally a few days after `Ritual'. There are three main plot strands: i) Someone appears to be killing women and disguising their deaths as suicide. He's also fond of skinning animals and obsessed by skin in general; ii) the identity of the woman run over and killed in `Ritual' by Thom, brother of police diver Phoebe `Flea' Marley is revealed. There's a major investigation into her disappearance and `Flea' is faced with a dilemma; iii) DI Jack Caffery is still searching for his `Tokoloshe Man', again from `Ritual', and the practices of `muti' or African black magic re-surface.
As you will have noticed two of the above plotlines are direct continuations from the previous book, so you'll appreciate now why I suggest you read it first! Of the three strands, by far the most unsatisfactory is the first, which I found to be totally unconvincing. Luckily, Mo handles the other two with much more skill.
Both DI Jack Caffery and `Flea' Marley are well drawn, complex characters with dark shadows in their past, which frequently occlude their waking hours. This is perhaps why there's an affinity between them.
Two or three of the diving scenes in the book in particular are almost unbearably tense and you find yourself holding your breath as you read them. There are unresolved issues at the book's close and, without giving anything away, these are clearly going to be explored further in the next book.
`Skin' is tense, brooding, dark and ambitious... but, for me, ultimately not 100% satisfying: I feel it's less than the sum of its parts and doesn't quite gel as a whole. However, there is still much to enjoy and some readers will, I'm sure, think it's tremendous. Others may hate it - it's THAT kind of book!
With her first two novels `Birdman' and `The Treatment', Mo proved she could deliver the goods big time, so I'll be sticking with her for a couple more reads at least.
p.s: `Ritual' was described as the first book in `The Walking Man' series. In that book, The Walking Man himself only appeared in a few pages and was entirely peripheral to the plot. He appears again in `Skin' - twice - but again, for a few pages only. But this book is NOT described as the second volume in `The Walking Man' series. Confused? I am!
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Skin
The Jack Caffrey re-boot continues as Flea finds herself with serious family problems while Jack investigates another bizarre series of murders. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Rich
Great scary read
Well firstly I didnt realise that it would have been better to have read Ritual before this one, and will certainly be reading that one, but regardless this was a great novel. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Phoebe
Gritty, grim, gripping with a few far-fetched details.
Mo Hayder has written a series of books featuring policeman Jack Caffery. I recently read "Skin" and found it a great read. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Freddie Omm
Excellent
I bought this book for a friend for her birthday. She is reading it now and can't put it down. She is absolutely raving about it. I can't wait to read it now myself.
Published 4 months ago by Lorraine Mcintyre
Birdman
I started reading the first of the Jack Caffery Thrillers and to be honest I did find it hard going, but as a big book worm sometimes it can take an entire book to understand a... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Matt
Another great one!
Another great page turner from Mo Hayder, I love the Jack Caffrey books as well as all her others. Regarding the reviews that say it isn't very believable, I have to agree, however... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Jozone
Too long!!
The story is too weak to justify the effort of traipsing through 500 odd pages, the African superstition bit is tedious to read and ends up not relevant to the conclusion. Read more
Published 13 months ago by diane
Don't read this first!
This is the the second in the 'trilogy' of the 'Walking Man' in the longer series of books featuring Jack Caffery. Read more
Published 14 months ago by JAYESSE
Great simply Great!
This is a great book. Quite disturbing in parts but very entertaining and quick paced, This book has encouraged me to read more of her books.
Published 14 months ago by tg
only read a couple of chapters...
Never read a book by this author before and don't think i'd bother trying another. Only read a couple of chapters and didn't like the style of writing. Read more
Published 18 months ago by mightymouse
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