A review by addy1991
A Room Swept White by Sophie Hannah

4.0

This book is aka "The Cradle in the Grave" which is what I read. There are likeable characters and ones I don't particularly care for/about but that is what makes this a good read. The fact that the reader likes or dislikes characters AND continues to read the story until the very end. The subject matter of mother killing their children isn't an easy read, but Hannah doesn't focus on telling gory details to draw out disgust and emotions in her reader, she delves into the characters whose lives are touched by the deaths ~ what they were like before, during the trial and after. Some questions are answered but many more are purposefully left unanswered because unless one was physically present there is no way in fully knowing the truth. I recall a quote/saying somewhere regarding two people talking about a situation... there is his version... her version... and the truth that quite often lies in between the versions. This book is full of characters with their own version regarding certain events.