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The Cage by Bonnie Kistler

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bekah1210's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I received an ARC of this book from Harper in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Super Bowl Sunday 2014. Two women enter an elevator on the thirtieth floor. When the elevator doors open on the first floor, one of them is dead. The question now- murder or suicide?

I really struggled to get into this book to start, but once the story was set I flew through the book. I honestly did not expect the ending to go the way it did. The build up to the conclusion was so thrilling to read, I found myself not wanting to put it down. I do feel like the last 50-100 pages were rushed though. I also found part of the book to be far-fetched (everything with Ivins), but the way Shay played it out was brilliant. 

Read if:
• you enjoy psychological thrillers
• you like multi-faceted storylines 
• you like reading about strong women
• you are interested in law
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adventurous challenging informative inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

The Cage by Bonnie Kistler is part murder mystery, part legal thriller, and part human rights drama.  Shay Lambert has worked hard to go to college and law school.  She’s smart, married, career-oriented, and overall a perfectly flawed woman.  She works long hours wading through boxes of documents to produce in a shareholder lawsuit against the iconic fashion mogul she works for named CDMI.  Their corporate symbol is the dove complete with caged live doves in the corporate headquarters.  When leaving work late one Sunday, the corporate HR person, Lucy, gets on the elevator with her.  The lights go out and Lucy gets shot in the head.  Shay says it was suicide.  Detective Riley starts getting fed red herrings by corporate counsel Barrett to think it was actually murder.  The trap works and Shay is in jail charged with murder and unable to make bail.  The characters she meets in jail are also perfectly flawed.  I fell in love with Jingjing, a sex trafficking victim.  (When this book gets made into a movie Awkwafina needs to be cast as Jingjing.) Shay is determined to prove her innocence.  An unlikely ally comes along, opposing counsel, Mark, from the case Shay was working on.  Barrett is still determined to silence Shay so the dirty secret of child labor utilized in their clothing manufacturing and so much more won’t fly out of her mouth.  He's assigned security man, Lester, to follow her as well as others. Shay is now an expert in corporate law, class action litigation, criminal law, family law, and international human rights as well as revenge.  The twists start coming every which way and from every character including her elusive husband David.  The ending was perfect- wrapping together the theme of cages destroying freedom, doves meaning freedom, as well as patriarchal corporate America continuing wealth accumulation at the detriment of those doing the work.  The ending wasn’t just perfection, it perfectly poised a few characters to continue their fight in subsequent books.  Hopefully, a sequel will be flying our way.  
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