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A review by readbydusk
A Room Swept White by Sophie Hannah
1.0
An unsatisfactory read; I expected more from the intriguing setup but the execution left me cold. The mysterious cards with the numbers turn out to be almost irrelevant in the end and the subject of vaccination damage is mentioned as suddenly as it is discarded. I was not a fan of the way the story is told in the forms of letters/papers instead of shown as it happens.
I've accepted that Sophie Hannah's protagonists tend to be complex characters who aren't necessarily likable. But the protagonist in this book is not only unlikable, she also makes choices that seem illogical, like locking someone in her house because she's afraid of him! I couldn't relate to her and as a result I didn't care about her. When the ending shows that even the protagonist has no idea what really happened with one of the characters, it's a frustrating yet fitting conclusion for a book that misses its mark.
I've accepted that Sophie Hannah's protagonists tend to be complex characters who aren't necessarily likable. But the protagonist in this book is not only unlikable, she also makes choices that seem illogical, like locking someone in her house because she's afraid of him! I couldn't relate to her and as a result I didn't care about her. When the ending shows that even the protagonist has no idea what really happened with one of the characters, it's a frustrating yet fitting conclusion for a book that misses its mark.