Review: such a gripping read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 5, 2012
I'm a readaholic, but at the moment I'm in a space where I'm finding it hard to concentrate on most books, so this had to be good to hold my interest. And it is good. I was compelled to keep reading it, despite the fact that I have other very pressing demands on my attention right now - I just kept sneaking time out to see what happened next. It's crime fiction but the plot is unusual, the characters well drawn and the twists and turns kept me guessing. It's obviously well researched too as the court scenes and the sections involving custody and so on are so plausible. I felt for Meg, one of the main characters. Her situation was out of the ordinary in that she was suspected of breaking the law even though she had been defending herself against violent criminals who were trying to kill her. Her emotional reactions to her predicament made involving reading. The police characters were sympathetically and realistically drawn too, rather than the stereotypes that usually inhabit the pages of crime fiction.The only factor that jarred very very slightly was Meg's relationship with her children: she seemed to interact with them in an old fashioned manner, reminiscent of the 50s. But this is a minor point, doesn't reflect on the book in general and may just be my personal perspective or a part of Meg's personality anyway.One of the most enjoyable reads this year and I'm at a loss to understand the minor number of negative reviews it's got.