A review by andintothetrees
The Daughter Game by Kate Long

3.0

The reality of this book was quite different to my expectations of it, which isn’t to say that it was bad, not at all, just quite a change from what I had anticipated. I had previously read Swallowing Grandma, The Bad Mother’s Handbook and Queen Mum by the same author, and enjoyed them all (particuarly the first two) as light, humourous reading. I picked this up during our house move expecting the same, but as I ploughed on through the novel I discovered that Kate Long has here ventured into darker territory. There is humour, just about, but there is also a huge undercurrent of dissatisfaction and laughs are supplementary to the plot rather than at its core.

... [Read the rest of my review here: https://whathannahread.wordpress.com/2012/08/26/the-daughter-game-by-kate-long/]