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Content: This book tells of a serial killer who reenacts an online computer game in real life.

Critique: You clearly notice that this book is written by a person who obviously has issues with his nutrition; throughout the book, in an attempt to make the characters seem "deep", mention is made of the amount of calories in this or that particular food or how the protagonists "should not but anyways eat way too much". The author chose a topic with which she clearly is not familiar, that is with computers and hacking, which is rather annoying and for the experienced user takes away some of the atmosphere.

The cover and subtitle want to sell this book as ultra violent, in the vein of "Saw" or "Seven", yet the author fails to convey a feeling of shock or disgust in face of these way to clean murders. The book takes on the "computer games make people violent" controversy but fails to portray both sides of the argument; even the evil game creators believe the murders to be their fault. There is a token stereotipically spiritual Indian coroner, a token stereotipically self-conscious black secretary and the protagonist, a stereotipically "hot blooded" but now left alone and grieving Italian cop. I guess this is supposed to show the diversity of the characters who find themselves in such a tragedy, but the author clearly fails. Reading the book I sometimes feel myself wondering who is being written about right now because all the actors seem flat and interchangeable.

I give this 3 stars because for the fan of the genre, it still makes a mildly entertaining, mediocre read.


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Want to Play? P J Tracy 9780141011325 Books Reviews

Perfect book for a weekend off. Besides the realistic characters, the gripping plot and the continued growth of the story, I really enjoyed the pace, vocabulary and the brevity of environmental description. This is a book for enjoyment. It's not a travelogue or documentary, nor is it a training manual, just a step into ordinary lives doing their normal things in usual situations. I'm already reading book two!
Not so keen on books that have several stories going at the same time, then jump back and forth until finally merging.
However, once I got into this I really started to enjoy it. So much in fact that I couldn't put the book down until it was finished.

Who knows if this is how the real detectives do it but I enjoyed the clue gathering, theories, suspicions and ultimately discovering who the real killer was (and why). I have to admit I was expecting a twist at the end so my guess at the killer was wrong!

Have already brought the next book and added this author to my favourite list.
P J Tracy {mother and daughter team] write really well. I have every one of their books and have never felt that this or any of the others could have been written better. I love the monkeywrench team and wait for more adventures.
I liked the twist and turns. Very unique characters that you absolutely fall in love with. Could put the book down. Now I'm on the next book in the series. Love fast moving action, suspense thrillers.
the only problem with PJ Tracy books is that the same book has different titles depending on what part of the world it is being sold. I already owned this book, but love the writing, so I ended up with the same book - different title. Be sure to read the synopsis about the book so you don't end up with a duplicate. Great books. wish there were more out there!
Forget whatever book you’re planning on reading next. Want to Play by P.J. Tracy is what you should be reading next. If it was a movie, it would’ve been a blockbuster for sure. At the risk of sounding like my mother, I’m just going to straight out declare that this is what I miss about books from them “good ol’ days”. Remember those books we read in the eighties and nineties where authors, publishers, and their editorial teams actually still took the time to create exceptional characters and intricately woven plot twists that leave you shocked and surprised with the outcome? You do? Well, this is one of those books where the reader is smack-dab in the centre of old-school gritty detective work that goes into solving a crime. If that sounds like your cup of tea, then add this to your to-read list right this minute.

Each and every character, no matter how big or small, has a significantly tangible personality; so much so, I couldn’t help but get emotionally invested and wrapped-up in the lives of just about all of them. A good example of one such a character is the nine-year-old black foster kid, Jackson, who unknowingly is a saving a grace by offering salvation with childlike sincerity. Like many of the other characters – and there are more than a handful of them to keep track of – he found a spot in my heart in the first five minutes I got to know him. But the one character who rises above the rest is without a doubt Grace’s dog, Charlie, who has a pathological fear of everything that breathes, but who all together is a genuinely adorable bundle of doggy-love! Even if you enjoy nothing else about this book, he will be the one thing you’ll remember fondly.

~He was a mess of a dog, a concoction slapped together by a blind Frankenstein. The size and bulk of a shepherd, the wiry coat of a terrier, the long, floppy ears of a hound, and a totally hairless stump of a tail that something had chewed off long before she’d met him. Charlie was a survivor, too.~

Don’t be fooled into thinking that this story is about one lone detective on a solo mission to solve a serial murder case. No, this is a whole bunch of detectives and their crews, whom you’ll indisputably come to adore, from two different states working together to find a serial killer. The plot was constructed brilliantly and I was super impressed by how everything came together so smoothly. No leaps in logic, no expecting the reader to fill in the blanks. Just a straightforward murder mystery / thriller. And up until the end where it is revealed who murdered all those people, I’ve suspected so many characters of being the villain, and still I was wrong.

The dialogue is saturated with enough humor to give the reader a moment’s reprieve from the relentless heart stopping suspense. Yet the strangest thing is that there is hardly any romance to be found in this murder mystery. Now that’s not so strange, but what is, is that I WANTED there to be romance. I wanted Grace and Detective Magozzi, the two most unlikely characters to fall in love, to hit it off romantically. Now why is that so strange? Because I don’t care for romance in books and in the one book in which there’s only a tiny bit of romance, I actually wanted there to be more. Much more. That alone should be a clear indicator of what to expect regarding character development in this amazingly magnificent novel!

Here’s a little something to pique your curiosity. The theory Detective Magozzi shares with Grace about martyrs and dead lovers being the most powerful people in the world? Very interesting. I never thought about it that way. Some good stuff right there, people.

Want to Play might mislead potential readers with its unremarkable book cover and non-descript book summary, but I assure you it is an entertaining thrill ride in every way imaginable! Who will enjoy it? Anyone who’s into murder mysteries, detective- and suspense novels, and the Women’s Murder Club series by James Patterson. Fans of Karen Rose might also want to check this out.
Content This book tells of a serial killer who reenacts an online computer game in real life.

Critique You clearly notice that this book is written by a person who obviously has issues with his nutrition; throughout the book, in an attempt to make the characters seem "deep", mention is made of the amount of calories in this or that particular food or how the protagonists "should not but anyways eat way too much". The author chose a topic with which she clearly is not familiar, that is with computers and hacking, which is rather annoying and for the experienced user takes away some of the atmosphere.

The cover and subtitle want to sell this book as ultra violent, in the vein of "Saw" or "Seven", yet the author fails to convey a feeling of shock or disgust in face of these way to clean murders. The book takes on the "computer games make people violent" controversy but fails to portray both sides of the argument; even the evil game creators believe the murders to be their fault. There is a token stereotipically spiritual Indian coroner, a token stereotipically self-conscious black secretary and the protagonist, a stereotipically "hot blooded" but now left alone and grieving Italian cop. I guess this is supposed to show the diversity of the characters who find themselves in such a tragedy, but the author clearly fails. Reading the book I sometimes feel myself wondering who is being written about right now because all the actors seem flat and interchangeable.

I give this 3 stars because for the fan of the genre, it still makes a mildly entertaining, mediocre read.