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jennchandler's review against another edition
1.0
Didn't like it at all; in truth, I never finished it, which is rare for me. No reason to continue. Depressing subject matter and depressing characters.
leelee77's review against another edition
3.0
A good story but it did take me quite a long time to read.
lorihenrich2021's review against another edition
2.0
I like legal dramas. I have read several, and the premise of this book sounded really good. A mother defending her son against the charge of murder. How could this not be a good story. First of all I couldn't understand why the beginning of the story focused on the daughter. Then when they get to the main plot of the story, I thought finally. By the time I was three quarters of the way through the story I really didn't care whether she got her son off or not. I didn't care whether he did it or not. I am not sure why I didn't like this story. For some reason the it drove me crazy. I don't know if it was the style or the way the story flowed. I had the others in the series and one other book by the same guy. I deleted them. I didn't even want to try the others. It just wasn't my thing I guess.
sfian's review against another edition
4.0
Cards on the table, I don't read much crime fiction and when I do, it's generally not UK-based. In fact, this is the first modern UK-based crime book I have read and I only picked it up because it was a free download. The author had been mentioned to me when I posted on a local Facebook group about another book I had read that was set in York. In that book, my home city almost becomes a character in the story. This one, however, apart from few place names, could be set anywhere.
Not that it matters, after a slow(ish) start, the story both rattles on and draws you in. The subject matter - violence towards women - does leave a nasty taste in the mouth, and some of the vernacular reads wrongly to me but, overall, it is a more than satisfactory novel, albeit with some of the coincidences that litter other crime stories I have read. I can't comment whether the English legal system is accurately portrayed, but the case gripped me to the end. An end when Vicary leads you to think one thing is going to happen, the pulls the rug while still leaving the ending you were expecting intact.
Will I read the others in the series? Possibly, but not just yet.
Not that it matters, after a slow(ish) start, the story both rattles on and draws you in. The subject matter - violence towards women - does leave a nasty taste in the mouth, and some of the vernacular reads wrongly to me but, overall, it is a more than satisfactory novel, albeit with some of the coincidences that litter other crime stories I have read. I can't comment whether the English legal system is accurately portrayed, but the case gripped me to the end. An end when Vicary leads you to think one thing is going to happen, the pulls the rug while still leaving the ending you were expecting intact.
Will I read the others in the series? Possibly, but not just yet.
georgiewhoissarahdrew's review
2.0
1.5 stars
Unable to get to grips with the story because the style was so pedestrian and the characters lifeless.
Unable to get to grips with the story because the style was so pedestrian and the characters lifeless.
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