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A review by coops456
Always by Nicola Griffith
5.0
Aud Torvingen first appeared in [b:The Blue Place|180206|The Blue Place (Aud Torvingen, #1)|Nicola Griffith|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1391277848l/180206._SY75_.jpg|6404864] and [b:Stay|156925|Stay (Aud Torvingen #2)|Nicola Griffith|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1392182354l/156925._SY75_.jpg|6437599], but Always can be read as a standalone novel, although you might not appreciate the character development here.
For me this is the strongest of the three works. Griffith interleaves real-time chapters set in Seattle with flashback chapters in Atlanta some months earlier, where Aud had taught a beginners' self-defence class. It is immediately implied that something terrible happened in Atlanta and as we follow the self-defence lessons a feeling of dread grows.
Apart from anything else, it really made me think about fear and personal safety, and these things will stay with me.
For me this is the strongest of the three works. Griffith interleaves real-time chapters set in Seattle with flashback chapters in Atlanta some months earlier, where Aud had taught a beginners' self-defence class. It is immediately implied that something terrible happened in Atlanta and as we follow the self-defence lessons a feeling of dread grows.
Apart from anything else, it really made me think about fear and personal safety, and these things will stay with me.