Review: Magnificent
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 16, 2013
The Wronged Sons is an emotional journey of painful recollections, impossibly bad choices. As the history is opened up to the reader it is quite possible to consider that Simon is a complete arse. This conclusion is not necessarily formed because of his choices but because of his self serving rationalisation of the choices that he has made. Somehow this man has defined to himself that any action that can be justified to himself must be appropriate. He cannot act in any other way because that is who he thinks he is. He is unable to consider the option that he could have made other choices; he has not moved away from the comfort blanket of the failings of his own parents, a comfort blanket that he uses as his own deflector shield when fault approaches.Interestingly the book does not just rely on the failings of one character. The common theme of unnecessary secrets and half truths plagues the lives of much of the cast. Some face their demons and rise above, others are not so lucky.Marrs has written a magnificent story, one that truly captivated from the start with its style and grace and the ever so subtle disclosure of the ultimate history. As the journey continues, the author is able to shape our opinions of the characters from an almost sympathetic curiosity towards a sense of repulsion and that, perhaps, is the greatest triumph of this work.