2004
ISBN 0349 11789 6
The blurb on the back of this book promises a lot, beginning with a man with a vicious, violent past, and the unfolding of his story. The first few pages begin with the man's daughter and her discover of his secret.
From there though, things get fragmented. The story becomes the stories of other random people, some of whom have no discernible connection to the family at the centre promised in the blurb. There is no reference to when in the story things are happening, and no reference to how anyone ties in.
Altogether, this is a confusing picture of a collection of lives, all somehow touched by the hardships they've encountered, but it's so distracting trying to place how everyone fits together that the mood the author is trying to
create gets lost.
Date finished: 20/08/07
Year Total: 25
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