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3.54 AVERAGE
3.54 AVERAGE
I found this book to be really good (please keep in mind I have just reading a trilogy where 2 of the 3 books were pretty bad so maybe my thinking is skewed right now, lol).
This is a great and easy read! Chapters are short but very interesting. It's about Iris, a lawyer that is having a hard time being a single mother to a young autistic boy. It's about Ray, a troubled man that has spent the last 8 years in prison for brutally stabbing and killing his neighbor and her little girl. The problem is, did he actually do it?
I really enjoyed how the chapters flipped back and forth between both main characters as well as from past to present. A very entertaining read that keeps you guessing as well as gives you an insight into people dealing with autism.
This is a great and easy read! Chapters are short but very interesting. It's about Iris, a lawyer that is having a hard time being a single mother to a young autistic boy. It's about Ray, a troubled man that has spent the last 8 years in prison for brutally stabbing and killing his neighbor and her little girl. The problem is, did he actually do it?
I really enjoyed how the chapters flipped back and forth between both main characters as well as from past to present. A very entertaining read that keeps you guessing as well as gives you an insight into people dealing with autism.
Week 50 of the 2016 Reading Challenge: A book originally written in a language other than English. The book was originally written in Dutch. It was a decent book although the ending seemed very rushed - they wrapped everything up rather abruptly. But I did not see the ending coming so it was a surprise.
Scary, confusing, and complicated are three words I would use to describe this book. I certainly had no idea who killed Rosita and her daughter until the very end. This novel probably contains one of the biggest plot twists in literary history, so if you’re a fan of that writing technique, this is the book for you.
Became predictable towards the end, but overall a good book.
Lawyer to scumbags Iris finds out she has a secret brother in jail for murdering a woman and her four year old child. She decides to visit and becomes interested in appealing his case due to his insistence of innocence. Alternating between her and Ray's POV, this is a dark, Dutch tale.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure whether the translation is poor, or the story arc is just not very compelling. I was compelled enough to finish, but figured out the story fairly early on (a plot device mentioned one too many times tipped me off). I never felt much of a connection with Iris, and I found the complete lack of acknowledgment for most of the book that Ray or Iris's own child may have autism really strange. The dialog was also quite clunky, and again I'm not sure if this is due to translation issues.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure whether the translation is poor, or the story arc is just not very compelling. I was compelled enough to finish, but figured out the story fairly early on (a plot device mentioned one too many times tipped me off). I never felt much of a connection with Iris, and I found the complete lack of acknowledgment for most of the book that Ray or Iris's own child may have autism really strange. The dialog was also quite clunky, and again I'm not sure if this is due to translation issues.