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The Way it is Now
by Garry Disher
Pretty fun Australian crime novel.
I think the biggest strength of this book was the realistic dialogue. It was true to how people actually speak to each other. Sometimes I get used to reading dialogue which is unrealistic (or maybe just un-Australian?) but it was refreshing to see it done well in Disher's novel.
I read this for our book klub, and I couldn't help but compare it to a previous crime thriller novel we read in early book klub days which was Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn. The comparison was largely to do with the WHO DUNNIT reveal at the end of the book, and I must admit I would've liked a bit more of wildly exciting, gasp-worthy plot twist like we had in Sharp Objects. In The Way it is Now, it was a very realistic reveal, which is true to the novel's style, but yep, a tiny but disappointing for me.
I think the biggest strength of this book was the realistic dialogue. It was true to how people actually speak to each other. Sometimes I get used to reading dialogue which is unrealistic (or maybe just un-Australian?) but it was refreshing to see it done well in Disher's novel.
I read this for our book klub, and I couldn't help but compare it to a previous crime thriller novel we read in early book klub days which was Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn. The comparison was largely to do with the WHO DUNNIT reveal at the end of the book, and I must admit I would've liked a bit more of wildly exciting, gasp-worthy plot twist like we had in Sharp Objects. In The Way it is Now, it was a very realistic reveal, which is true to the novel's style, but yep, a tiny but disappointing for me.