A review by kingfan30
The Other Half Lives by Sophie Hannah

3.0

Weirdly I’ve read the one that come s after this book in the series but nothing before. I think generally I preferred this one to the one that follows, although it was a bit slow going to start with. I think this was down to time, the fact the first few chapters are quite long and also it was a bit of a weird start. But as the pieces of the puzzle started to create a better picture it got quite gripping and the twists and turns were many, keeping me guessing. The chapters get smaller as the book goes making it easier to read although I did feel a bit repetitive at times. I couldn’t quite work out what had happened to Charlie previously in her career, it was only touched on briefly, I guess it’s the story line of one of the earlier books in the series, and the relationship between her and her fiancé was a bit weird. I did work out what was going on towards the end and it was quite a complicated reasoning behind the storyline, although it was a complete new take on a mystery for me.