05-17-2011, 09:36 AM
This story had far fewer viewpoint than the last one and was far easier to follow. Or maybe I'm just getting used to the writing style.
For a long time, I wondered what the mystery was going to be in this book. And it occurs almost as an afterthought. But like all of her other stories, the central mystery is at the center of a web of other stories. Jackson Brodie continues to appear and does do some actual work in this book, but he's got other stories going as well. You could say the main character is Joanna Hunter who watches her mother and sisters get murdered when she's a young girl. It could be Reggie's story, the young girl who takes care Joanna's baby. Detective Louise returns and again finds herself trying to clean up a mess that Jackson Brodie seems to be mired in.
Basically, Atkinson finds a bunch of characters and wants to tell their stories. She gives them involved back stories and lots of different motivations. And you see these characters through the eyes of the other characters as well as through their own monologues. It's all kind of a whirl of a story. This story was far easier to track and had some good twists.
For a long time, I wondered what the mystery was going to be in this book. And it occurs almost as an afterthought. But like all of her other stories, the central mystery is at the center of a web of other stories. Jackson Brodie continues to appear and does do some actual work in this book, but he's got other stories going as well. You could say the main character is Joanna Hunter who watches her mother and sisters get murdered when she's a young girl. It could be Reggie's story, the young girl who takes care Joanna's baby. Detective Louise returns and again finds herself trying to clean up a mess that Jackson Brodie seems to be mired in.
Basically, Atkinson finds a bunch of characters and wants to tell their stories. She gives them involved back stories and lots of different motivations. And you see these characters through the eyes of the other characters as well as through their own monologues. It's all kind of a whirl of a story. This story was far easier to track and had some good twists.
So much for the flickr badge idea. Dammit