dig_the_plot 's review for:

Death by a Million Papercuts by Cillian Dunne

4.0

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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I flew through this book! It’s a really quick read at just under 200 pages.  It can easily be read in one sitting. I enjoyed reading this from Lucy’s perspective only. A wife of 30 years who wants nothing more but to believe in her husband. But now as allegations of sexual assault fly she looks back and sees the signs were there. I do wonder if the thought was always there but she suppressed it time and time again to keep her marriage intact. Sitting on the couch with high school girls in the dark watching a movie is not normal. Samuel is a true picture of a narcissist and was obsessed with power. Including power over his wife. I do think this story could have been developed into a much longer story but I didn’t necessarily feel like I was lacking in anything when I finished it. I wondered why he named it Death By A Million Papercuts. I listened to a podcast he was interviewed for and “Lucy” actually said it. She said the assault charge was like the millionth papercut in her marriage. She couldn’t take it anymore. I really liked Lucy and felt like she did everything she could for her husband and her husband and even more proud she stood up for herself in the end. Even if the end of this story won’t go how you think.