A review by tayintoronto
The Devil You Know by Elisabeth de Mariaffi

3.0

Has an interesting storyline but is sometimes difficult to read with the lack of quotations. The dialogue gets lost in the narrative and it caused a bit of confusion before I realized that’s just how the book was going to read. As someone who lives in Toronto, the constant name dropping of subway stations and neighbourhoods felt unnecessary and I was shocked to find out the author actually lived in Toronto in the 70s and 80s. Many weird comments about the city and it felt like she got them all from a BuzzFeed article, ex. calling the Dufferin bus the worst line in the city. Like yes, we all know that, but weird to include.