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A review by starryworlds
White Nights by Ann Cleeves
3.0
3.5 stars.
Re-read from the 6th April to the 23rd April.
As this is my second time reading this, I actually thought I would remember what happens in this book. I'm surprised that I didn't. I was completely surprised at whodunit. I also didn't enjoy this book as much as I did the first time round and I also had a few problems with it.
One of the two reasons why I'm lowering the rating is that there was far too much build up in the first time 200 pages. I think this book would have been better if it was a 100 pages shorter.
The second reason why I've lowered the rating is due to the blatant sexist comments against men and women. I'm going to quote one of these comments: "He heard a child's voice in the background and thought that was the problem with women in the service. Work never came first with them. It was either their men or their kids." Comments like that one appeared very often in this book. I would see one every 20-50 pages. There were comments about what female characters were wearing, old fashioned sexist attitudes about both women and men, frequently calling men 'weak' when they couldn't do particular physical activity that a majority of the men do on the island.
These comments are very inappropriate and they made me feel both uncomfortable and annoyed. These comments came from 3 characters POVs. I would have personally preferred it if these comments weren't in this book. One of these characters weren't sexist in the first book.
I definitely won't be re-reading this book again.
Re-read from the 6th April to the 23rd April.
As this is my second time reading this, I actually thought I would remember what happens in this book. I'm surprised that I didn't. I was completely surprised at whodunit. I also didn't enjoy this book as much as I did the first time round and I also had a few problems with it.
One of the two reasons why I'm lowering the rating is that there was far too much build up in the first time 200 pages. I think this book would have been better if it was a 100 pages shorter.
The second reason why I've lowered the rating is due to the blatant sexist comments against men and women. I'm going to quote one of these comments: "He heard a child's voice in the background and thought that was the problem with women in the service. Work never came first with them. It was either their men or their kids." Comments like that one appeared very often in this book. I would see one every 20-50 pages. There were comments about what female characters were wearing, old fashioned sexist attitudes about both women and men, frequently calling men 'weak' when they couldn't do particular physical activity that a majority of the men do on the island.
These comments are very inappropriate and they made me feel both uncomfortable and annoyed. These comments came from 3 characters POVs. I would have personally preferred it if these comments weren't in this book. One of these characters weren't sexist in the first book.
I definitely won't be re-reading this book again.