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A review by johnnyb1954
Remain Silent: A Manon Bradshaw Novel by Susie Steiner
3.0
Very grim and depressing. The issues around the immigrants is very real, raises difficult questions, and exposes terrible abuses.
This is coupled with the main characters’ dealings with difficult relationships. That makes the relationship issues seem trivial in contrast to the real human suffering of the immigrants, but also just adds to the sad, downbeat tone of the book, giving very little balance and weighing down the narrative.
In addition, it seems that there was much less police work and more carrying on about relationships than in the previous two books. And the premise of the relationship talk is that no one is ever happy in a relationship. They all suck but it’s better than nothing. There’s also way too much time spent on Manon worrying about her weight and how much she’s eating; it’s just so redundant. (I feel the same way about the alcoholic detective where there is just scene after scene where they drink or resist drinking, over and over).
If I had read this first, I might not have read the other two.
This is coupled with the main characters’ dealings with difficult relationships. That makes the relationship issues seem trivial in contrast to the real human suffering of the immigrants, but also just adds to the sad, downbeat tone of the book, giving very little balance and weighing down the narrative.
In addition, it seems that there was much less police work and more carrying on about relationships than in the previous two books. And the premise of the relationship talk is that no one is ever happy in a relationship. They all suck but it’s better than nothing. There’s also way too much time spent on Manon worrying about her weight and how much she’s eating; it’s just so redundant. (I feel the same way about the alcoholic detective where there is just scene after scene where they drink or resist drinking, over and over).
If I had read this first, I might not have read the other two.