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A review by greatlibraryofalexandra
Innocent by Scott Turow
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
RE-READ.
MAN reading this book is like getting bitch slapped in the face CONSTANTLY. Or, should I say Sa-bitch slapped (lol). Look, I read this years and years ago shortly after I read Presumed Innocent, and I remember liking it - what I did NOT remember was the end! I remembered something different, and I'm eerily disappointed, but also I still loved it?
This book is written in such a jarring, clinical way, but it's also grotesquely complex and eviscerating. I hate and love everyone. Reading it as a real adult, I felt horrible relatability in the inner thoughts of some of the uncertain, grey characters I once read as entirely alienating and utterly reprehensible. And I love the way Turow just jerks you the fuck around - it went, for the most part, exactly how I remembered, and then it didn't, but even then it left me with doubts, and frustration, and awe -
I love this book and its predecessor so much that I don't even want to read more of Turow's work because I'm afraid they won't be as bitingly cruel or pull me in with twists that puncture you like vampire's teeth sucking out a slow femoral bleed.
Barbara Sabich was the original Amy Dunne and you can TAKE THAT TO THE BANK!!
MAN reading this book is like getting bitch slapped in the face CONSTANTLY. Or, should I say Sa-bitch slapped (lol). Look, I read this years and years ago shortly after I read Presumed Innocent, and I remember liking it - what I did NOT remember was the end! I remembered something different, and I'm eerily disappointed, but also I still loved it?
This book is written in such a jarring, clinical way, but it's also grotesquely complex and eviscerating. I hate and love everyone. Reading it as a real adult, I felt horrible relatability in the inner thoughts of some of the uncertain, grey characters I once read as entirely alienating and utterly reprehensible. And I love the way Turow just jerks you the fuck around - it went, for the most part, exactly how I remembered, and then it didn't, but even then it left me with doubts, and frustration, and awe -
I love this book and its predecessor so much that I don't even want to read more of Turow's work because I'm afraid they won't be as bitingly cruel or pull me in with twists that puncture you like vampire's teeth sucking out a slow femoral bleed.
Barbara Sabich was the original Amy Dunne and you can TAKE THAT TO THE BANK!!