Review: Tragedy
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 7, 2013
I received this book from Library Thing to read and review. This is definitely and action filled book, with all sorts of twists and turns throughout, as the reader follows a chance occurrence when a mother and her two children run through an intersection and almost cause a major accident.  Though the mother is just glad the accident never really happened as she feared, a Good Samaritan nearby provides her with the license of the car that almost caused the accident. What follows is mind boggling as subsequent deaths and major accident repercussions pile up because of this chance happening. In the process, a community loved, loving and helping doctor is crippled beyond imagination and his wife and brother die, and two little children are left orphans to be raised by a damaged, grief stricken aunt. I found the book very action filled, moving quickly from scene to scene, event to event.  My only problem with that is the fact that the author did seem to jump around a lot and could have made the transitions more seamless and smother, which would have made for a more enjoyable read. The author definitely knows how to write well, and held my attention throughout. The story, however, is both tragic and realistic, showing how one action can snowball into destruction of a family and how a community can so easily lose one of its most treasured citizens. If you are weary of the all too well known chick lit books or slow moving tales so prevalent today, I recommend this one for a change of pace.  However, be ready for a book that will go into many people's worst nightmare, as Rainer's family is torn apart and all but destroyed by the violence that lurks everywhere.