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A review by chyneyee
A Game for All the Family by Sophie Hannah
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
This is one of the most ridiculous stories, and Justine would be one of the most despised characters I've ever read.
A mother suspects her daughter's written story is real because the names are weird, and she doesn't believe a fourteen-year-old teenager could come out with those names. Then, the mother suspects her daughter was writing her friend's mother's childhood story, and they are swapping family stories. Later, she asks everyone, including her recently met dog breeder and some of the teachers, because she suspects they are related to the fictional story. She hires a private investigator to look into her daughter's friend's family and keeps accusing her daughter's friend's mother as the anonymous caller. She has a family tree phobia because her stepmother included her family tree but excluded her mother's family, and the worst is she claims that maybe that was the cause of her mother's cancer. What?
This story is too far-fetched, and Justine seems to be a psychotic woman, which I felt more lunatic than her victim. She has so many accusations and assumptions without solid proof. Actually, the entire story doesn't have anything concrete to convince me that the victim is the psychopath. Who would be so obsessed with their child's fictional story and relate it to her daughter's friend's mother? It's like she's too free and has nothing better to do, and let's accuse someone with loads of unproven things and force those into that person so she can have a game to play.
A mother suspects her daughter's written story is real because the names are weird, and she doesn't believe a fourteen-year-old teenager could come out with those names. Then, the mother suspects her daughter was writing her friend's mother's childhood story, and they are swapping family stories. Later, she asks everyone, including her recently met dog breeder and some of the teachers, because she suspects they are related to the fictional story. She hires a private investigator to look into her daughter's friend's family and keeps accusing her daughter's friend's mother as the anonymous caller. She has a family tree phobia because her stepmother included her family tree but excluded her mother's family, and the worst is she claims that maybe that was the cause of her mother's cancer. What?
This story is too far-fetched, and Justine seems to be a psychotic woman, which I felt more lunatic than her victim. She has so many accusations and assumptions without solid proof. Actually, the entire story doesn't have anything concrete to convince me that the victim is the psychopath. Who would be so obsessed with their child's fictional story and relate it to her daughter's friend's mother? It's like she's too free and has nothing better to do, and let's accuse someone with loads of unproven things and force those into that person so she can have a game to play.