jroberts3456 's review for:

The Fig Eater by Jody Shields

4.0

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An enjoyable book that’s never quite what it seems. Shields has masked an interesting psycho-social-sexual exploration under the ruse of a murder mystery. While the murder is certainly the driving force of the plot, Shields is playing in deeper waters and uses the intrigue to ruminate on other issues. Many have complained about the book’s ending and if you’re reading it strictly as a murder mystery then I can see where they’re coming from. But by the end of the book the mystery had, in my mind, taken a backseat to her other themes, and the ending perfectly fit within those constructs.