Really enjoyed this thriller. An easy read and natural page turner (with nice short chapters). I was also drawn to this book because I know Brighton (UK) very very well, and I love reading stories located in places that are familiar to me.
The story is a solid thriller and paced really well, and a great read for a holiday (I powered through it over 2 days).
I really loved how (somehow, I'm not sure quite how), the author, Koomson managed to take the character Macy and make me firstly dislike her and get annoyed with the character, then whilst getting frustrated with her, start to understand her and feel compassion towards her, and by the end see strength in her that was always there, just revealed perfectly at the pace the story needed. Surprising stuff 👍
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I wouldn't hate her sometimes if I couldn't love her twice as much all the time.
But the reality, when you're on the other side of the mystery? Not so romantic. Not so charmingly intriguing.
I could see now that Mum had been 'good' and polite and had kept away from trouble her whole life. She'd experienced racism and prejudice but she – like the rest of us people of colour – had been lied to, had been sold the promise that good behaviour, obedience, never causing trouble or fighting too hard for your rights, would keep you safe, keep you protected. That promise had been broken in the most violent, pugnacious and cruel way, and Mum had never fully recovered from that trauma.
All the millions of fathers who pull their weight and parent their children are never described as amazing because they do stuff for their kids without needing accolades.
'I went out with Shane nearly …' I try to calculate it in my head so I don't inadvertently tell my dad I had sex when I was sixteen '…
like he knows that's where I love to be held, like he's done this before. He takes a huge breath in and then sighs to release it, almost as though this is everything he's ever wanted.
if the other is watching their back or actually examining it for where to stick a knife in.