author: John Boyne
name: Kim
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2024/12/01
date added: 2024/12/01
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review:
Boyne at his haunting best
A story of hurt, despair, betrayal and the most horrible abuse, well told and entirely plausible. Boyne is brave to tell the story from the point of view of a woman. A couple of times I wondered if a woman “would do that” or “wouldn’t she be more guarded?” But overall he pulls it off with his straightforward prose, teasing out the story step by step as only few writers can do so well. A novella of more weight and poignancy than most novels three times as long.
