A review by kikiandarrowsfishshelf
The Blackhouse by Peter May

1.0

I like the descriptions but here's why I stopped reading at around halfway - I don't buy the whole six year olds flirting thing. I get those sections are Fin's memories, but still, just ick. Not my cuppa. Furthermore, quite frankly, certain things seem really heavy handed.

Spoiler

Fin has lost his son. He blames his wife. It is unclear from the half I read if the wife is truly at fault. But the marriage was one of love or anything like that. Just happened. He then discovers that he has a child by the woman he should have married. You know, the one he had has been lusting after since he was six

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