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Twitcher by Cherise Saywell

wtb_michael's review

2.0

I had high hopes for this, being both a bird-nerd and a fan of depressing literary fiction, but it was a bit of a let-down. The main character is clearly meant to be a bit off, but I found him incredibly frustrating - he spends three-quarters of the book not articulating a couple of simple questions that eventually resolve the whole plot. It really felt like a short story that had been stretched out to a novel length - the mood of the area is captured nicely and the grim depression of dysfunction and poverty is well rendered, but the book just lacked a bit of spark to maintain my interest.