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A review by pgchuis
The Threat Level Remains Severe by Rowena Macdonald
4.0
I enjoyed this novel, set in the houses of parliament, where Grace, a lowly civil servant works half-heartedly at her undemanding, unexciting job, resents Brett, a new, keen, go-getting member of staff, and exchanges flirtatious emails with an unknown admirer, Reuben.
There were humorous passages, genuinely shocking and surprising moments and well-drawn characters. Each of the main characters had some sympathetic traits and good qualities, yet ultimately each disappointed me. The last quarter of the novel became a little repetitive (at times re-hashing events we had already lived through once) and the pacing faltered.
Ultimately I was left wondering what the point of the novel had really been - what was the reader meant to take away from it?
There were humorous passages, genuinely shocking and surprising moments and well-drawn characters. Each of the main characters had some sympathetic traits and good qualities, yet ultimately each disappointed me. The last quarter of the novel became a little repetitive (at times re-hashing events we had already lived through once) and the pacing faltered.
Ultimately I was left wondering what the point of the novel had really been - what was the reader meant to take away from it?