Stephanie Jane recenzis Silent Victim de Caroline Mitchell
Ok, but overhyped
3 steloj
I think I am going to be in a minority of Silent Victim readers who aren't raving about how amazing this crime novel is! Don't get me wrong. I think it is resoundingly OK, hence my three star rating, but seeing gushing praise elsewhere I wondered if I had perhaps mistakenly read a different book? Silent Victim is a fast-read thriller which nicely passed a couple of sunny afternoons. I didn't especially like its storyline being passed between three narrators because they all spoke with the same voice so I kept forgetting whose point of view I was supposed to be following at that time. Also the characters' actions were frequently abrupt and without adequate motivations so I didn't understand why they chose to follow their particular course. These kinds of issues irritate me, particularly in a novel which has such a serious subject as child abuse at its centre. …
I think I am going to be in a minority of Silent Victim readers who aren't raving about how amazing this crime novel is! Don't get me wrong. I think it is resoundingly OK, hence my three star rating, but seeing gushing praise elsewhere I wondered if I had perhaps mistakenly read a different book? Silent Victim is a fast-read thriller which nicely passed a couple of sunny afternoons. I didn't especially like its storyline being passed between three narrators because they all spoke with the same voice so I kept forgetting whose point of view I was supposed to be following at that time. Also the characters' actions were frequently abrupt and without adequate motivations so I didn't understand why they chose to follow their particular course. These kinds of issues irritate me, particularly in a novel which has such a serious subject as child abuse at its centre. As an entertaining read, it does its job, but I felt uncomfortable with this subject being just 'entertainment'.