Part of me wants to cry because of how good this book was.
I want to start out by saying I'm not a big fan of books that flip between two different time periods as I feel the storyline can sometimes get lost during the timeline, but Hogan handled this layout fabulously. It was so well written, that I felt like I was in 1972 with the whole cast of characters in Brighton.
A character that I fell in love with was Clive or MI5-Clive. He was such a wonderful soul, and I loved how Hogan wrote about someone on the autism spectrum. He was just such a fantastic character and I loved when he popped up tying rubber bands to lampposts, which I might add is a fantastic way of talking in code.
I did guess one of the two parents, but that didn't spoil the fun for me, I just assumed that the mother would naturally be that character, but I would have much preferred it if it was my preferred father choice as I think it would have been more drama involved. But it was such a brilliantly written book that just kept me reading that I didn't care in the end that I was wrong.
I want to start out by saying I'm not a big fan of books that flip between two different time periods as I feel the storyline can sometimes get lost during the timeline, but Hogan handled this layout fabulously. It was so well written, that I felt like I was in 1972 with the whole cast of characters in Brighton.
A character that I fell in love with was Clive or MI5-Clive. He was such a wonderful soul, and I loved how Hogan wrote about someone on the autism spectrum. He was just such a fantastic character and I loved when he popped up tying rubber bands to lampposts, which I might add is a fantastic way of talking in code.
I did guess one of the two parents, but that didn't spoil the fun for me, I just assumed that the mother would naturally be that character, but I would have much preferred it if it was my preferred father choice as I think it would have been more drama involved. But it was such a brilliantly written book that just kept me reading that I didn't care in the end that I was wrong.