Review: Powerful and shocking
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 26, 2013
"Divisive" by John Tucker is a detective story as much as it is a family drama.Dennis enters the life of a single mother of two girls. The mother is a heavy drinker, seems self involved and usually falls for the wrong kind of man but this time has seemingly struck gold.We know she has not, a separate narrative tells a different story, through the eyes of the police detective investigating some incidents in the family home.The book shockingly and provocatively shows the minds of everyone involved as we get to witness the story as it involves.Themes of violence, family dysfunction, suicide and paedophilia are covered that may offend some readers. I felt they were important for the narrative without being exploitative. It got to show the games played, the powers of seduction and manipulation and the nastiness of some of the characters.This was quite an emotional read and a powerful story, cleverly told and well presented.