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A review by atlantisblauw
Lies of silence by Brian Moore
4.0
Quite the page-turner! I finished this book in a day, I just wanted to keep on reading to find out what would happen next.
Michael wants to end his marriage to Moira to be with his girlfriend. The evening he wants to tell her, the IRA enters their home and forces him to take a bomb to the hotel where he works. They have Moira and threatened to kill her, but Michael doesn't want to be responsible for the deaths of innocent hotel guests either. After the incident, he needs to live with the consequences and make some hard choices about his future.
The book raises interesting questions: is it better to fight and stand up for your principles, or is it wiser to leave? Are you a coward if you don't stand up to terrorists and choose to keep your loved ones safe? Is it even possible to win, with the real terrorists pulling the strings from somewhere else and getting foolish teenagers to do their dirty work?
The strong point of this book was this sense of continuous threat, this thing that happened that Michael had to live with forever, the questions he was asking himself because he wasn't sure he was doing the right thing. The fact that there just wasn't a clear answer.
The only thing I didn't like is the ending, it wasn't necessary. If Moore hadn't added the last sentence, it would have worked better.
Michael wants to end his marriage to Moira to be with his girlfriend. The evening he wants to tell her, the IRA enters their home and forces him to take a bomb to the hotel where he works. They have Moira and threatened to kill her, but Michael doesn't want to be responsible for the deaths of innocent hotel guests either. After the incident, he needs to live with the consequences and make some hard choices about his future.
The book raises interesting questions: is it better to fight and stand up for your principles, or is it wiser to leave? Are you a coward if you don't stand up to terrorists and choose to keep your loved ones safe? Is it even possible to win, with the real terrorists pulling the strings from somewhere else and getting foolish teenagers to do their dirty work?
The strong point of this book was this sense of continuous threat, this thing that happened that Michael had to live with forever, the questions he was asking himself because he wasn't sure he was doing the right thing. The fact that there just wasn't a clear answer.
The only thing I didn't like is the ending, it wasn't necessary. If Moore hadn't added the last sentence, it would have worked better.