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A review by teneal_woods
Kind of Cruel by Sophie Hannah
3.0
Kind of Cruel.
I was slightly disappointed with this novel by Sophie Hannah. I usually list her as one of my favourite authors but her latest novel let me down :(
To make a (very) long story short. Amber says the words 'Kind. Cruel. Kind of Cruel' during her first session with Ginny, her hypnotherapist. She then accuses Ginny of being the one to say the words because they mean nothing to her. After storming out and refusing to pay, Amber has a vague memory of seeing the words on a lined sheet of paper. She realises that Ginny wasn't the one that said the words and that she actually saw them on another clients notebook before her session. When that 'other client' (Sargent Zailer) refuses to let Amber look at her notebook, Amber breaks into her car to look for herself.
Later that night, the police turn up on Amber's doorstep to question her in regards Kat Allen's murder. Amber's own best friend was murdered recently and Amber and her husband Luke had inherited her two children, Dinah and Nonie.
Amber can't' remember where she originally saw the words 'Kind. Cruel. Kind of Cruel' but she believes it has something to do with her brother in law and sister in law, Neil and Jo.
Amber ends up getting along well with and working with Simon Waterhouse to solve the case. After many more hypnotherapy sessions, they get to the crux of the issue. Jo was the one who murdered Amber's best friend purely so she could get out of caring for her disabled sister. Very confusing but her logic was: Amber would have Nonie and Dinah to care for. So. When Jo's mother in law died, Jo's father in law would need a place to stay so naturally he would have to stay with Jo (since Amber had no room after having the two girls). Therefore when Jo's Mum Hilary dies, Kirsty her disabled sister would have to find somewhere else to go into care (brother Ritchie?) because Jo's house was already full enough and there would be no room.
I realise this review is very confusing but the story did make more sense than my jumble of words make out.
This was stil a good book which I enjoyed, I just didn't like it as much as I did some of her others.
I was slightly disappointed with this novel by Sophie Hannah. I usually list her as one of my favourite authors but her latest novel let me down :(
To make a (very) long story short. Amber says the words 'Kind. Cruel. Kind of Cruel' during her first session with Ginny, her hypnotherapist. She then accuses Ginny of being the one to say the words because they mean nothing to her. After storming out and refusing to pay, Amber has a vague memory of seeing the words on a lined sheet of paper. She realises that Ginny wasn't the one that said the words and that she actually saw them on another clients notebook before her session. When that 'other client' (Sargent Zailer) refuses to let Amber look at her notebook, Amber breaks into her car to look for herself.
Later that night, the police turn up on Amber's doorstep to question her in regards Kat Allen's murder. Amber's own best friend was murdered recently and Amber and her husband Luke had inherited her two children, Dinah and Nonie.
Amber can't' remember where she originally saw the words 'Kind. Cruel. Kind of Cruel' but she believes it has something to do with her brother in law and sister in law, Neil and Jo.
I realise this review is very confusing but the story did make more sense than my jumble of words make out.
This was stil a good book which I enjoyed, I just didn't like it as much as I did some of her others.