![]() ![]() For example, “She got on the first train out of Kings Cross, back to Huntingdon, as if fleeing the scent of decomposing flesh.” In fact, her love life is a bit of a train wreck, “Perhaps now she comes to think of it, she slept with him to shut him up.” Manon’s chapters in the book have a humorous and slightly despairing tone to them, particularly with regards to her love life. The book opens on a disastrous date she is on, “she can feel hope ebbing, like Christmas lights on fade in Pound Saver.” Manon has a disastrous love-life and difficult family relationships and it becomes clear her job is the only fulfilling thing in her life. The main character in the book is Manon, a police officer whose name means ‘bitter’ in Hebrew. However, the book itself left no lasting impression on me. The characters were interesting and well-developed and I cared about what happened with them. ![]() ![]() In some ways I thought this was a good book and I enjoyed reading it but in other ways I found it disappointing. ![]()
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