Beryl W. reviewed on 6/12/2010 + 44 more book reviews

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I listened to Bohjalian's latest book. Sometimes this is a very good thing, and sometimes not so much. Th weight of the story, and your ability to believe it is influenced by the 'readers' of the book. This book was presented by four main characters. Two of the voices rang true with me, and two voices left much to be desired. The story is about domestic abuse which culminates in a murder/suicide. At least that's how it appears at first. The victim of the abuse is not one of the narrators, so you are left to wonder if she actually thought her husband was capable of killing her. But the question we are left to ponder is, 'did he kill himself, or was he murdered?' The last chapter of the book delivers the, to me, surprising answer.

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