"The kids who play Ripper are a select group of freaks and geeks from around the world who meet online to hunt down and destroy the mysterious Jack the Ripper." RIPPER is not the type of novel fans expect from Isabel Allende. This is a totally new genre for her, and instead of keeping to the "norms" of a typical suspense novel, Allende creates her own. And, while this may be a novel about young-adults, the graphic and sexual nature of the killings call for a more mature audience. RIPPER is about revenge, obsession, betrayal and loyalty. The premise is very interesting -- gamers in search of a real killer--, but Allende over populates this novel to the point where the reader loses sight of the story. Instead of the focus being the murders and the gamers, the focus becomes the never ending list of who's who of secondary characters -- the psychic, the neighbors, the lovers, the exes, the policemen, the clien...