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A review by kba76
The Change by Kirsten Miller
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Mixed reviews for this and I wasn’t sure whether to expect a feminist rant or a dull examination of women going through the menopause. What I got was not at all what I thought.
The plot focuses principally on three women: Harriet, Nessa and Jo. They are all women of an age, women who have spent the majority of their lives doing what people expect them to and who now find themselves emboldened to spend their time as they see fit. For Jo this has meant running a successful women-only gym; for Harriet it means letting her once cultivated garden run wild and for Nessa it means accepting her unusual gift.
Nessa has, from her grandmother, inherited the gift of seeing the dead. These voices call to her, and she opens herself to it…only to discover the picture-perfect world around her hides a much darker truth under its surface.
When the body of a young woman is discovered in a discarded bin bag, Nessa is determined to find out what happened to her. But this is not the only body. It soon becomes clear that there’s a more sinister purpose to the men-only meetings held at the home of wealthy Leonard. Uncovering the grim reality of just how tainted this set-up was preoccupies our trio, putting them and their families in danger.
Uncomfortable reading. It raises many questions and definitely mirrors some of the events talked about in the press of late. Most discomfiting was what it reveals about society’s attitude to young women.
The plot focuses principally on three women: Harriet, Nessa and Jo. They are all women of an age, women who have spent the majority of their lives doing what people expect them to and who now find themselves emboldened to spend their time as they see fit. For Jo this has meant running a successful women-only gym; for Harriet it means letting her once cultivated garden run wild and for Nessa it means accepting her unusual gift.
Nessa has, from her grandmother, inherited the gift of seeing the dead. These voices call to her, and she opens herself to it…only to discover the picture-perfect world around her hides a much darker truth under its surface.
When the body of a young woman is discovered in a discarded bin bag, Nessa is determined to find out what happened to her. But this is not the only body. It soon becomes clear that there’s a more sinister purpose to the men-only meetings held at the home of wealthy Leonard. Uncovering the grim reality of just how tainted this set-up was preoccupies our trio, putting them and their families in danger.
Uncomfortable reading. It raises many questions and definitely mirrors some of the events talked about in the press of late. Most discomfiting was what it reveals about society’s attitude to young women.