Why did I pick it up: because Torday’s Salmon Fishing was good, though not great and the blurb said psychological thriller. I am a sucker for those.
And: Firstly the language- Don’t expect those metaphors or turn of phrase that you bump into when you turn a corner that leave you breathless. Language here does exactly what it is supposed to do, tell you a story, show you a character and keep you glued to the book. But Torday leaves you breathless in the way he peels of the character, shows them in different lights, does a literary magic with mirror tricks till you don’t know what is really happening and whom to believe and he does it right up to the last page.
But: Only that some of the plot twists you know is coming, but perhaps Torday wanted just that. More of the mirror trick, maybe?
Read: If you love a well written literary thriller that haunts even after you turn the last page. There are very few of those anyway.
© Maya
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