SKIN PRIVILEGE PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Karin Slaughter | 560 pages | 01 Apr 2008 | Cornerstone | 9780099481843 | English | London, United Kingdom Light Skin Privilege – The Wingspan Black women often experience discrimination based on their appearance. One might assume that the same judgments apply to all Black people across the board, but colorism creates a divide between Black women with lighter and darker skin. In the latest episode of Go Off Sis, three Black women get honest about light-skin privilege. This privilege is apparent in many aspects of life, including at school, the office, and even in relationships. McMillan echoes this sentiment saying, "I've had guys tell me that, 'Oh I don't date Black girls, but I date light-skin girls. Hinton points out that erasing light-skin privilege starts within the Black community. But never before like this Slaughter must be one of the best ever writers. I even love her acknowledgements - 'Sue Kurylowicz was the winner of the 'Get Slaughtered' contest, granting her the dubious honour of having her name appear in this book. Sue, honey, you DID ask to be bad I didn't think I was going to bond with this book to begin with as a lot of it is centred around the methamphetamine industry, but she had me after the first couple of pages. View all 12 comments. I have to give it full marks, even though every cell in my body screams at me not to. Slaughter has taken the American crime forensic genre and made it her own. Patricia Cornwell and Kathy Reichs are running to stand still to keep up with her. No-one will. It takes a special author to shock a reader for 7 sequential books. Slaughter does it without flinching and without resorting to sensationalism. And she is never boring. Join the ride as Sara and Jeffrey follow his fellow detective, Lena, to hell. Her characters are flawless and flawed. Read it. View all 7 comments. Nov 17, Susanne Strong rated it really liked it Shelves: audiobooks , library-book. Just call me devastated. All I can say is No, just no. My heart has been ripped out of my chest and nothing will ever be the same again. That is all. Thank you to my local library for providing me with a copy of this book. Published on Goodreads on View all 24 comments. Words sort of fail me right now. The entire book is one huge tension-filled ride and just when you think it's safe to breathe I think that's all I'll say about the book. It's brilliantly written, no matter how upset I am about the series end. View all 16 comments. Mar 30, Beverly rated it it was amazing. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Oh why, did the series have to end on such a cataclysmic event? If I hadn't already learned that Jeffrey was killed, I would have really been upset. Lena's story ends tragically too as she still can't cut the ties between her Nazi skinhead boyfriend and herself. Sara and Jeffrey's dreams of adopting a child and having a family and living happily ever after are gone with his tragic death. In a way I understand. Jeffrey is a hero, he can't not stand up for what's right and helping people, eve Why? Jeffrey is a hero, he can't not stand up for what's right and helping people, even Lena. His tragic death is inevitable and comes with the life of an upstanding policeman against ancient and deadly evil. But even though I understand it, I don't have to l like it. View all 8 comments. May 29, Debra rated it it was amazing. God damn it. I want to punch Karin Slaughter in the face right now. Seriously, I do! This book is the finale book in the Grant County Series. Holy Crap! I guess this series had to end one way or another. Lena, once again, is up to her eyeballs in trouble. Her bad decision making and self destructing ways lead her down a path that in turns leads Jeffery and Sara down the same path. Lena has been arrested for Murder and needs help. Sara is up to her eyeballs in stress as she is being sued by a forme God damn it. Sara is up to her eyeballs in stress as she is being sued by a former patients parents. But she welcomes going out of town with Jeffrey to help Lena as a way of escaping her own worries for awhile. Little does she know that Lena has stumbled into a MESS and not a little mess either but a huge one full of organized crime, drugs,an incarcerated ex-boyfriend, and lots of fire. They appear to have bitten off more than they can chew in this book and right when we see Sara and Jeffrey in a happy place. This book begins with a bang and it end with one also. I wont give it away but it was a sad ending to a series I grew to love. Karin Slaughter continues to be my favorite Author. Holy Hell, this was a rough one! Loved it. She officially ripped out my heart and stomped on it and boy what a ride. Another great read. She knocked it out of the ballpark with this finale. See more of my reviews at www. View all 6 comments. Let's just say if I had been heavily invested in these books and these characters, this author would probably have lost a fan for life. Ah, well, back to Will Trent and to see how that all pans out. View all 32 comments. My US publisher felt that Beyond Reach would be a better title, so we went with that here. View all 30 comments. Mar 26, Karina rated it it was amazing. How did I not get into Karin Slaughter books in my teen years? Where was I? Was I living under a rock, was I trying too hard to be into chick-lit? I'll read them backwards. I'm glad Slaughter doesn't go too in depth about their pasts because what was happening to Jeffrey, Sara, and Lena at this moment was enough for me to be hooked It took me 3 days to finish, which lately being in a reading funk, says a lot about how I How did I not get into Karin Slaughter books in my teen years? It took me 3 days to finish, which lately being in a reading funk, says a lot about how I devoured the story. The story starts out with Lena being in trouble. She is in an Escalade with some very scary masked men and another woman. They make Lena drive to the high school football field, inject meth in the blond woman's arm to subdue her, pour lighter fluid on her and set the woman and car on fire while Lena watches. Intense beginning right? Sara is in a malpractice suit that impacts her way of thinking and halts her reason and confidence. Jeffrey and Sara who can't stand Lena come to Lena's rescue as she's hospitalized after this viscous attack. Lena says nothing to anyone, tricks Sara, and escapes. This is where the fun begins people! The small town turns out to be worse than anyone can imagine. The skin heads, the crackheads, the meth heads, and the crooked officers Enter young newly appointed Sheriff Jake Valentine! He seems to want to help but doesn't do things the way Chief Jeffrey Tolliver deems fit. The suspicions grow, the old boyfriends come back, and everyone in between is being found dead. Anyway, I appreciate Slaughter's ending because life can't be so happy go lucky. I can see why fans would want to yell at her. I honestly didn't see it coming!!!! It was a WTF moment The ending was a fiver because if you can't close your mouth after that ending it has to be that good. On to book 5! Aug 30, DeAnn rated it really liked it. She has created realistic flawed characters that I both love and hate in the same series! Sometimes even in the same book! This one has a lot of Lena and boy, is she one of those characters! I want to have a lot of sympathy for her after what she's been through, but she cannot stay out of trouble! This book explores her hometown and the unsavory characters there -- much as the last one explored Jeffrey's hometo 4. This book explores her hometown and the unsavory characters there -- much as the last one explored Jeffrey's hometown. No wonder they both left! Sara Linton is an equally flawed character, but my heart broke a bit for her with the malpractice suit. And that ending, oh my! I won't say anymore. Even though I knew it was coming, it was haunting. I have heard the author explain why she took this course, but doesn't mean I like it! I will be off to read the Will Trent series now and there are a ton of books in that one. Thank you to my lovely local library for an e-book to read. View all 21 comments. In this final addition to the, "Grant County" series, Lena leads Jeffery and Sarah into a deadly situation and as usual she is in over her head.