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A review by celiaedf12
The Other Half Lives by Sophie Hannah
4.0
I'm having a bit of a Sophie Hannah-fest at the moment. I really enjoy them while I'm reading them - the ridiculously complex mysteries, the reoccuring police characters, the weird relationship between Charlie and Simon. And then I get to the end, and think - "Phew... hang on... what the fuck was that all about? How could that even work?" They're all so ludicrous in their resolutions. But fun!
The Other Half Lives distinguishes itself by most of the characters being truly awful. Ruth Bussey is a nutter. Aidan Seed is creepy. They don't really improve over the course of the novel - I never empathised with Ruth. The resolution to the mystery is completely crazy. I speed-read this book because I was desparate to see how it ended, and then I just wanted to go out and get another one of her books. See? Sophie Hannah-fest. It has to end soon though, because she hasn't written all that many books. It's the JD Robb-fests that are much more time consuming.
The Other Half Lives distinguishes itself by most of the characters being truly awful. Ruth Bussey is a nutter. Aidan Seed is creepy. They don't really improve over the course of the novel - I never empathised with Ruth. The resolution to the mystery is completely crazy. I speed-read this book because I was desparate to see how it ended, and then I just wanted to go out and get another one of her books. See? Sophie Hannah-fest. It has to end soon though, because she hasn't written all that many books. It's the JD Robb-fests that are much more time consuming.