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Sibs (1994)

Sibs (1994)

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3.69 of 5 Votes: 2
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ISBN
0812531248 (ISBN13: 9780812531244)
Language
English
Publisher
tor books

About book Sibs (1994)

Kara Wade returns to New York to investigate the death of her sister, who leapt from a hotel window after having sex with two strangers. Although the police consider it a suicide, Kara is not convinced and joins forces with her cop ex-boyfriend.This is a creepy novel with some nice twists that I enjoyed even though I was able to see most of them coming. Some of the characterization is weak; there are several points where some of the confusion could have been cleared up if the characters would just talk to each other and it's not clear why they don't, but none of these are fatal to the plot. Author F. Paul Wilson also makes much of Kara being a feminist, which sometimes makes the book feel as if it were sitting in his drawer for 15 or 20 years before being published. However, in a book like this, the plot is all important and Wilson has a good one. It drags a bit in the middle, but it really picks up for the last 70 pages or so.

What shall I say about this one? I find that Wilson's writing is engaging, even when the story is not one of his best. This one has interesting elements, but it does come off seeming a bit too much like a male sex fantasy of submissive women (even the liberated ones). All of them come off as needing a man to rescue them. Fortunately for us, there's the ex-boyfriend...the heroic New York City police detective. It's a little clichéd. The actual idea behind this book is fascinating. I wish I had liked the executed story more than I did.

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Good, solid idea paired with Wilson's always good writing. However, the book suffers from one minor, but oddly important flaw: The protagonist is a woman. Now now, put your pitchforks and torches away. I don't have a problem with female protagonists. No, the problem I have is that in the entire time he's been writing, the closest FPW has come to writing a decent female character has been Vickie, the 6-year old in the Repairman Jack stories. His female characters are all the same. They're supposed to be strong, independent women, but they end up coming up like TV sitcom moms (and if you've paid attention, you know they lean towards being awful, awful people). It also doesn't help that this particular female character is called out specifically as a feminist, but it's some weird Libertarian fantasy of pseudo-feminism.
—Nicholas

First of all, if you don't like series books stop reading right here. SIBS is part of Wilson's Secret History of the World - over 20 books at this writing - incredible books, I might add. They include books from his Repairman Jack series so you might want to rethink not reading series!SIBS could be enjoyed as a stand alone novel but questions would arise that would be answered if you had read novels such as REBORN. This thriller will appeal to those who like to think. Can you figure this one out?
—Mommacat

I've mentioned several times that F. Paul Wilson reminds me of Dean Koontz's writing, particularly the latter's early to mid '80s period with quietly developing weird psychological elements, with a touch of supernatural thrown in for good measure...none more than this book thus far. This is one of Wilson's more audacious book, very outspoken with the sexual elements (which ultimately tie into an important element of the plot), and quite disturbing. It develops rather slowly, but with control and is still a page turner in its own way.
—David

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