![]() Two men break into his apartment and beat him near to death, leaving him with brain injury that takes him much treatment to recover from.Īnd though the person behind the assault is revealed, it came as a surprise- and not a good one. However, the book begins with the assault of the main character, Toby. I can accept, though, that it was separate and move on. And though I understand that that subplot was showcasing Hugo’s work, it didn’t make sense as a plot point. However, he’s been working as a genealogist, and the story covers part of his last job: a woman wants to know her family history and needed his help. Hugo, the uncle, for example, is dying, and ends up sacrificing himself for one of the main characters. ![]() The way the story progresses, most things make sense, but there are elements that are too disbelieving. Which is fine, and part of his characterization, but he seems…I can’t put my finger on it. I did like that the narrator was unreliable, and though I don’t dislike him, I don’t particularly like him, either. ![]() I thought there was only one murderer, ended up being two, but wasn’t unexpected. The murder that takes place years before the book’s current setting is committed by not one, but two, of the main characters, which ended up being both a surprise…and not. A skull is found in a tree partway through the book, which sets off the rest of the plot. ![]() ![]() It was a standard mystery, and it meandered more than it should have. Words to describe: Wordy, meandering, cumbersome. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |