I was intrigued by all those quotes from the reviews. I thought this must be my kind of book. A thriller, something that will shock me and will keep me awake at night wondering what happens next.
From the first 30 pages, I can tell you that was not the case.
The plot is centred around the idea that when a man is found guilty, they spend their sentence in the house of the house of their victim. Now, I don't know if this concept is explained further later in the book, but the idea sounds quite silly to me. I understand it solves the problem of overcrowded prisons, but to me it sounds like a punishment to the victim rather than to the culprit. This was shown perfectly by the house on the corner that is described at the end of the extract. A woman sued her rapist and now she had to welcome him in his house. Of course she moved out and left him inside while she lives in a tent.
It all sounds quite silly to me.
And I didn't see any thrill at all in this thriller. There was no hook, no suspense. Maybe it all changes later on, but the first 30 pages are rather dull.
From the first 30 pages, I can tell you that was not the case.
The plot is centred around the idea that when a man is found guilty, they spend their sentence in the house of the house of their victim. Now, I don't know if this concept is explained further later in the book, but the idea sounds quite silly to me. I understand it solves the problem of overcrowded prisons, but to me it sounds like a punishment to the victim rather than to the culprit. This was shown perfectly by the house on the corner that is described at the end of the extract. A woman sued her rapist and now she had to welcome him in his house. Of course she moved out and left him inside while she lives in a tent.
It all sounds quite silly to me.
And I didn't see any thrill at all in this thriller. There was no hook, no suspense. Maybe it all changes later on, but the first 30 pages are rather dull.