If you like being spoon-fed a plot, this book is not for you. It's layered and "chewy," to quote Stephen King. It's definitely a story that you either "get" or not and it'll make you really think about relationships...both in general and about those in your life. Contrary to how it may be catergorized, this not a police procedural, nor is it a murder mystery. It's a brutally honest look at marriage, relationships and the love long-term couples may rediscover if it's not too late.
Be prepared to think and dive deeply into this amazing story...
Be prepared to think and dive deeply into this amazing story...
Helpful Score: 1
I was intrigued the hype around this book. Seems readers fall into two camps -- those who love it and those who don't care for it at all. I'm in the loving it camp.
This is as much a story about marriage as it is a mystery. There's a lot going on in this book. It takes a lot of twists and turns. There are really three (maybe four, actually...), stories within this story. The author is very imaginative though and does a great job of keeping you guessing while pulling it altogether nicely at the end. It was a very enjoyable read.
This is as much a story about marriage as it is a mystery. There's a lot going on in this book. It takes a lot of twists and turns. There are really three (maybe four, actually...), stories within this story. The author is very imaginative though and does a great job of keeping you guessing while pulling it altogether nicely at the end. It was a very enjoyable read.
Helpful Score: 1
This is the story of the married life of David and Alice Pepin. Alice has a number of allergies and has some health issues and David frequently contemplates her death. When Alice turns up dead, the story becomes a whodunit.... did David kill her? Was it suicide? Did something else happen to Alice? There is more than one story contained in this novel; the other being the story of Sam Sheppard, the detective investigating Alice's death and who was also charged with the death of his own wife in the past. The author has quite skillfully woven together the two stories in much the same way that MC Escher drew fanciful drawings of people, gnomes, birds, and fish on a continuum between black and white. This story is not to be read so much as it is to be experienced. Even now after finishing reading the story, I'm not entirely certain what happened to Alice and that is a testament to how well the author wrote this book. I enjoyed this book and it kept my interest very well although the chapters are very long; one chapter is well over 100 pages.
