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A review by aphelele
My Policeman by Bethan Roberts
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
I never thought I would write a review on this app, but here I am.
I had stages where I loved Marion and stages were I felt she was being a bit harsh, but I found myself excusing her behaviour after putting myself in her shoes and realizing that she handled the situation pretty well. Yes at times I thought she was crazy because who would stay with a queer man who’s obviously not in-love with them but rather took advantage of them because of the undying love they’ve had for him since they both were teenagers? Clearly we can see that it’s Marion and I feel she never got the justice she’s deserved because not once did Tom apologize, and not once did Patrick apologize because he too is just as guilty as Tom because he’s been there before Tom and Marion got married.
I understand the cruelty of the government laws against queers at the time and truly it must’ve been painful, but hurting another person to save yourself is never a solution, you’re just point blank cruel and a disgusting human being.
I feel like Patrick uses his financial advantage to coax men, and to a certain extent and arguably so, I feel as if he did the same with Tom. However I do not believe that him not using his money as a means of keeping Tom amused whenever he’s around him would’ve helped the situation, it rather sped it up and led to them being caught quicker, I honestly think as an old man who’s been in-love with another guy he should’ve been more careful and he knew how to be but it seems like the writer also sort of ignored Patrick’s previous experiences.
Overall the book is great, it honestly just triggers so many emotions in me because I too, am queer but I’m also a woman and a human.
I would have loved hearing more about Julia though, so that we get a broader idea of opinions. We know that Julia is queer as well but I genuinely wanted to know whether she also had liking towards Marion or not because their last interaction had me questioning things because Julia particularly told Marion alone about her leave for London and I thought that was a bit romantic was it not?
Overall, great book, I hated how Patrick associated only good qualities with “His policeman” yet his policeman was unbelievably cruel to an honestly innocent woman who happened to have been frequently foolish.
I had stages where I loved Marion and stages were I felt she was being a bit harsh, but I found myself excusing her behaviour after putting myself in her shoes and realizing that she handled the situation pretty well. Yes at times I thought she was crazy because who would stay with a queer man who’s obviously not in-love with them but rather took advantage of them because of the undying love they’ve had for him since they both were teenagers? Clearly we can see that it’s Marion and I feel she never got the justice she’s deserved because not once did Tom apologize, and not once did Patrick apologize because he too is just as guilty as Tom because he’s been there before Tom and Marion got married.
I understand the cruelty of the government laws against queers at the time and truly it must’ve been painful, but hurting another person to save yourself is never a solution, you’re just point blank cruel and a disgusting human being.
I feel like Patrick uses his financial advantage to coax men, and to a certain extent and arguably so, I feel as if he did the same with Tom. However I do not believe that him not using his money as a means of keeping Tom amused whenever he’s around him would’ve helped the situation, it rather sped it up and led to them being caught quicker, I honestly think as an old man who’s been in-love with another guy he should’ve been more careful and he knew how to be but it seems like the writer also sort of ignored Patrick’s previous experiences.
Overall the book is great, it honestly just triggers so many emotions in me because I too, am queer but I’m also a woman and a human.
I would have loved hearing more about Julia though, so that we get a broader idea of opinions. We know that Julia is queer as well but I genuinely wanted to know whether she also had liking towards Marion or not because their last interaction had me questioning things because Julia particularly told Marion alone about her leave for London and I thought that was a bit romantic was it not?
Overall, great book, I hated how Patrick associated only good qualities with “His policeman” yet his policeman was unbelievably cruel to an honestly innocent woman who happened to have been frequently foolish.