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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Den här var nr 4 i serien om Kenzie och Gennaro som jag sträcktläst fram tills nu. Gone, Baby, Gone kändes som den defenitiva höjdpunkten i serien så jag väntade ett tag med att kasta mig över nästa bok.
Det nyblivna paret Patrick och Angie har tagit en paus från de mer intensiva uppdragen och trivs med det lite lugnare livet och blir inte alldeles för förtjusta när de blir ombedda att ta sig an fallet om den 4-åriga, försvunna flickan Amanda.
Övertalade blir de, tillslut och finner sig själva i en ogästvänlig omgivning där ingen verkar vilja att de ska komma framåt i fallet, men de har bestämt sig, och deras beslutsamhet tar dem med på en mörk resa som visar sig hemskare än vad de någonsin kunnat ana.
I efterhand är jag nog ganska övertygad om att detta kommer var höjdpunkten i serien, att skriva en så djup story som verkligen får mig att skruva på mig i hemma i soffan, är inte något jag väntar mig kommer att överträffas de närmaste dagarna.
Det nyblivna paret Patrick och Angie har tagit en paus från de mer intensiva uppdragen och trivs med det lite lugnare livet och blir inte alldeles för förtjusta när de blir ombedda att ta sig an fallet om den 4-åriga, försvunna flickan Amanda.
Övertalade blir de, tillslut och finner sig själva i en ogästvänlig omgivning där ingen verkar vilja att de ska komma framåt i fallet, men de har bestämt sig, och deras beslutsamhet tar dem med på en mörk resa som visar sig hemskare än vad de någonsin kunnat ana.
I efterhand är jag nog ganska övertygad om att detta kommer var höjdpunkten i serien, att skriva en så djup story som verkligen får mig att skruva på mig i hemma i soffan, är inte något jag väntar mig kommer att överträffas de närmaste dagarna.
What can you say beyond, "WOW!" This book is just phenomenal. I love that Lehane paints a very "gray" world. Everything isn't black and white, right and wrong. You can't help but wonder what choices you would make in the same situation.
dark
tense
medium-paced
Popsugar #50: Two books set in twin towns, aka "sister cities" (2)
(Boston)
(Boston)
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Lehane is an absolute master of his craft. I am yet to find another author in the mystery genre who can develop such complex characters, vivid atmospheres, and such realistic and morally ambiguous situations, all in one single book.
Of all the books in the series so far, this one has affected me the most. After reading the final sentence, I turned off my Kobo and stared into space for I don't even know how long. I felt numb, unable to process, like I was in the fog of a bad dream. I'm still feeling those effects hours later.
This was extremely disturbing and hard to get through at times due to the heinous nature of the crimes, the vivid accounts of the most fragile and defenceless victims suffering at the hands of horrific monsters. Children should not be harmed, should not be exposed to such ugly and unjust and cruel things. And yet they are. I know this is a work of fiction, but there were so many truths throughout and it completely destroyed me. Made me throw the book down and pace around the room, eyes welling up and heart breaking.
This story also really brought into question what the right thing to do is, whether the supposed right thing is always the right choice, and whether doing something wrong for the right reasons can ever be pardoned. And it asked all of this without offering any straightforward answers, because that's just the way life is.
This is the best book in the series, but it's also the worst book in the series. Read it and you'll understand what I mean.
Of all the books in the series so far, this one has affected me the most. After reading the final sentence, I turned off my Kobo and stared into space for I don't even know how long. I felt numb, unable to process, like I was in the fog of a bad dream. I'm still feeling those effects hours later.
This was extremely disturbing and hard to get through at times due to the heinous nature of the crimes, the vivid accounts of the most fragile and defenceless victims suffering at the hands of horrific monsters. Children should not be harmed, should not be exposed to such ugly and unjust and cruel things. And yet they are. I know this is a work of fiction, but there were so many truths throughout and it completely destroyed me. Made me throw the book down and pace around the room, eyes welling up and heart breaking.
This story also really brought into question what the right thing to do is, whether the supposed right thing is always the right choice, and whether doing something wrong for the right reasons can ever be pardoned. And it asked all of this without offering any straightforward answers, because that's just the way life is.
This is the best book in the series, but it's also the worst book in the series. Read it and you'll understand what I mean.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder
খুব ভালো।
ডেনিস লেহেন বুদ্ধিমান লেখক - থ্রিলারের নাম করে লেখেন, কিন্তু আসলে সবকটাই নৈতিকতার গল্প, যাকে ইংরেজিতে বলে morality tales । এই বইটাও তাই - আর এইটা লেহেনের অন্যতম সেরা বই ।
Recommended.
ডেনিস লেহেন বুদ্ধিমান লেখক - থ্রিলারের নাম করে লেখেন, কিন্তু আসলে সবকটাই নৈতিকতার গল্প, যাকে ইংরেজিতে বলে morality tales । এই বইটাও তাই - আর এইটা লেহেনের অন্যতম সেরা বই ।
Recommended.
Never read Lehane before and have (surprisingly) never seen any film adaptations of his work. Truly enjoyed the plotting of this book and the 3 or 4 almost/false endings.
If you want to know why we will not close the "achievement gap" in schools, why poverty is an impairment just like any other impairment and why public schools are in the crapper, I would advise you to read Gone, Baby, Gone. The mother and the home life depicted in this book plays out all over the America, every day, in more homes than not (in some areas, definitely poverty stricken ones).
When you read it, I want you to look beyond the missing child and the crooked cops. I want you to look at a child who has a mom who is a drug whore, a drug mule, and who should never have been allowed to breed. I want you to look at a child who is plunked in front of a TV from the day she could see, never read to, fed crappy food (or not fed at all), left alone for long stretches at a time, never given exposure to the world, never talked to like a human being, and who is "grown" as opposed to "raised"...and then I want you to tell me how this child is supposed to compete in school and in the greater world.
Sure, a teacher could tell Amanda that she could do better than what she has if she studies hard and goes to college. And then Amanda repeats this to her mother, and then her white trash whore of a mother comes storming up to school to complain about the teacher or pulls the student out of the school altogether.
Sure, Amanda could decide on her own to excel but then she goes home and her mother tells her she's acting like she's better, and threatens to put her out.
But in reality, Amanda will start school having never held a pencil, not knowing any letters, and having no interest in anything. And then we will expect her to somehow compete with peers and know a list of sight words before she starts first grade. And when she doesn't, because she can't, we will wonder why she isn't "achieving".
This scenario is happening all over...there are Helenes and Amandas everywhere. And it scares the hell out of me.
(And oh yeah, it's a great book except the character of Angie is poorly written...all she does is act tough, get her body appraised by men, and smoke.)
When you read it, I want you to look beyond the missing child and the crooked cops. I want you to look at a child who has a mom who is a drug whore, a drug mule, and who should never have been allowed to breed. I want you to look at a child who is plunked in front of a TV from the day she could see, never read to, fed crappy food (or not fed at all), left alone for long stretches at a time, never given exposure to the world, never talked to like a human being, and who is "grown" as opposed to "raised"...and then I want you to tell me how this child is supposed to compete in school and in the greater world.
Sure, a teacher could tell Amanda that she could do better than what she has if she studies hard and goes to college. And then Amanda repeats this to her mother, and then her white trash whore of a mother comes storming up to school to complain about the teacher or pulls the student out of the school altogether.
Sure, Amanda could decide on her own to excel but then she goes home and her mother tells her she's acting like she's better, and threatens to put her out.
But in reality, Amanda will start school having never held a pencil, not knowing any letters, and having no interest in anything. And then we will expect her to somehow compete with peers and know a list of sight words before she starts first grade. And when she doesn't, because she can't, we will wonder why she isn't "achieving".
This scenario is happening all over...there are Helenes and Amandas everywhere. And it scares the hell out of me.
(And oh yeah, it's a great book except the character of Angie is poorly written...all she does is act tough, get her body appraised by men, and smoke.)