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A review by katykelly
White Rabbit, Red Wolf by Tom Pollock
4.0
Fast-moving, twisty, OCD thriller that chomps at the bit of believability but is hugely entertaining.
4.5 stars
There's a comparison being made to 'Curious Incident' which I'd prefer to disregard straightaway - just because a protagonist has a condition, and there's a murder (or something similar) is not enough to push this. It's not fair on either, White Rabbit is a completely different 'beast', shall we say?
Our narrator is a very disturbed young man, prone to awful panic attacks, though like Christopher (sorry, a comparison I know) Peter is a mathematician of huge talent. With an adored twin sister and fellow sufferer friend Ingrid, his small circle try to keep him from inflicting damage on himself.
At an awards event for his mother, a world-renowned and important scientist, Peter is forced into a very unfamiliar and frightening world, with a series of revelations, claims, secrets, and the story moves suddenly to a thriller and chase structure.
I really took to Peter, I wasn't sure at the start but he rose to the challenge of the plot and didn't become a stereotype, the humour as well as mathematical details made this very entertaining and something a little bit different.
Some very capable and tenacious female characters around Peter, with a plot that verged on silly/unbelievable but managed to explain its own eccentricities and questions as it went along.
I thought this was a very entertaining expedition into Peter's psyche and very uncommon family. It's exciting, tense and has plenty to offer a Young Adult reader or general reader looking for something a little offbeat.
With thanks to Walker Books for the advance reading copy.
4.5 stars
There's a comparison being made to 'Curious Incident' which I'd prefer to disregard straightaway - just because a protagonist has a condition, and there's a murder (or something similar) is not enough to push this. It's not fair on either, White Rabbit is a completely different 'beast', shall we say?
Our narrator is a very disturbed young man, prone to awful panic attacks, though like Christopher (sorry, a comparison I know) Peter is a mathematician of huge talent. With an adored twin sister and fellow sufferer friend Ingrid, his small circle try to keep him from inflicting damage on himself.
At an awards event for his mother, a world-renowned and important scientist, Peter is forced into a very unfamiliar and frightening world, with a series of revelations, claims, secrets, and the story moves suddenly to a thriller and chase structure.
I really took to Peter, I wasn't sure at the start but he rose to the challenge of the plot and didn't become a stereotype, the humour as well as mathematical details made this very entertaining and something a little bit different.
Some very capable and tenacious female characters around Peter, with a plot that verged on silly/unbelievable but managed to explain its own eccentricities and questions as it went along.
I thought this was a very entertaining expedition into Peter's psyche and very uncommon family. It's exciting, tense and has plenty to offer a Young Adult reader or general reader looking for something a little offbeat.
With thanks to Walker Books for the advance reading copy.