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A review by bookph1le
All Is Not Forgotten by Wendy Walker
1.0
I absolutely hated the narrator of this novel. It was so slow in the beginning, and he came across as such a pedantic snob that I had a hard time getting into the book. I thought if I soldiered on, it would get better. It didn't. Minor spoilers ahead.
The crime in this book is brutal and horrifying, but the narrator creates this icky sense that he's kind of grossly fascinated by it whenever he brings it up. The fact that he's also a misogynist makes this book additionally hard to read. Who wants to think about a female rape victim being treated by a man who systematically belittles and undermines every female character in the book? Not to mention he's very fond of slut-shaming, which I found especially egregious.
I'd also just like to touch upon his appalling lack of professional integrity. This is a man whose license would be yanked faster than you could say "quack" were officials to find out what he'd done.
The ending wasn't what I thought it would be--in fact, the actual ending is far worse in many ways than how I thought the book was going to end. By the time I put the book down, I was entirely disgusted with the narrator and didn't want to hear any more from him.
The crime in this book is brutal and horrifying, but the narrator creates this icky sense that he's kind of grossly fascinated by it whenever he brings it up. The fact that he's also a misogynist makes this book additionally hard to read. Who wants to think about a female rape victim being treated by a man who systematically belittles and undermines every female character in the book? Not to mention he's very fond of slut-shaming, which I found especially egregious.
I'd also just like to touch upon his appalling lack of professional integrity. This is a man whose license would be yanked faster than you could say "quack" were officials to find out what he'd done.
The ending wasn't what I thought it would be--in fact, the actual ending is far worse in many ways than how I thought the book was going to end. By the time I put the book down, I was entirely disgusted with the narrator and didn't want to hear any more from him.