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The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill
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I was intrigued enough to pick up the Scottish Book of the Month for September. Forensic cleaning has fascinated me since I read an interview with some forensic cleaners in Time Out years ago. The beginning of this book had a lot of detail about what it entails but the emotionally void MC sucked any interest right out of it. She managed to make it boring, methodical, and checklisty.
The MC was part of the reason I didn’t enjoy this as much as I’d hoped. She was one dimensional, odd, off-putting, and unsympathetic. The writing style was stilted and keep the reader at arm’s length throughout the book. Of course, this also created a very slow pace. While the writing was accessible, the story and writing weren’t compelling enough to outweigh it and there were times I just couldn’t bring myself to keep reading. Simply put, it was boring. The whole book is a long road to a short cliche.
I don’t like this trend in thrillers of (view spoiler) I also found the MC’s reasons for doing this suspect. She was clearly deeply damaged if she’d sold herself the lie she did around her rationale. All in all, it was a (view spoiler) that I really could have lived without. The MC was too distant and boring to pull it off. I’m actually really annoyed that (view spoiler)
What I did enjoy about the book was the sense of place: Glasgow, the Clyde Coast, Bute… they all had a great sense of place. Bute was probably the best of the lot!
All in all, I don’t think I’d recommend this. There are a lot of graphic details and deaths that may be quite upsetting if you’ve lost someone.
I was intrigued enough to pick up the Scottish Book of the Month for September. Forensic cleaning has fascinated me since I read an interview with some forensic cleaners in Time Out years ago. The beginning of this book had a lot of detail about what it entails but the emotionally void MC sucked any interest right out of it. She managed to make it boring, methodical, and checklisty.
The MC was part of the reason I didn’t enjoy this as much as I’d hoped. She was one dimensional, odd, off-putting, and unsympathetic. The writing style was stilted and keep the reader at arm’s length throughout the book. Of course, this also created a very slow pace. While the writing was accessible, the story and writing weren’t compelling enough to outweigh it and there were times I just couldn’t bring myself to keep reading. Simply put, it was boring. The whole book is a long road to a short cliche.
I don’t like this trend in thrillers of (view spoiler) I also found the MC’s reasons for doing this suspect. She was clearly deeply damaged if she’d sold herself the lie she did around her rationale. All in all, it was a (view spoiler) that I really could have lived without. The MC was too distant and boring to pull it off. I’m actually really annoyed that (view spoiler)
What I did enjoy about the book was the sense of place: Glasgow, the Clyde Coast, Bute… they all had a great sense of place. Bute was probably the best of the lot!
All in all, I don’t think I’d recommend this. There are a lot of graphic details and deaths that may be quite upsetting if you’ve lost someone.
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Reading Progress
September 13, 2022
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Started Reading
September 13, 2022
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September 13, 2022
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read-in-2022
September 18, 2022
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Finished Reading
July 10, 2024
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scotland