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kba76 's review for:
You Don't Know Me
by Imran Mahmood
This was an interesting format-told through transcripts from court. We focus on an unnamed narrator, who is on trial for murder, and who gets to tell his story in his own words.
Part of me expected a straightforward retelling of a story with a final focus on the decision. While we were given a story, it didn't quite go as expected.
The voice of the narrator is, I think, representative of many young men in court. He is keen to stress that those judging him don't know the reality of his life and are judging stereotypes. He makes use of street slang, and has to explain a lot of details.
The story unfolds quite slowly, but it did make sense. We learn what our narrator tells us about the events he is caught up in. Did he shoot the man? It almost doesn't matter, as we're so focused on his account of what he recalls. What I was frustrated by was the sense of inevitability to his experience.
Part of me expected a straightforward retelling of a story with a final focus on the decision. While we were given a story, it didn't quite go as expected.
The voice of the narrator is, I think, representative of many young men in court. He is keen to stress that those judging him don't know the reality of his life and are judging stereotypes. He makes use of street slang, and has to explain a lot of details.
The story unfolds quite slowly, but it did make sense. We learn what our narrator tells us about the events he is caught up in. Did he shoot the man? It almost doesn't matter, as we're so focused on his account of what he recalls. What I was frustrated by was the sense of inevitability to his experience.