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Max
"There’s been so much happen to me, so many strange things. Terrible things. My mind is in a whorl, confused as to what I should relate first. Where to begin? I must describe my cell. After all, it has become my world. Strange, that I who once had the entire globe to choose from, am now confined within a twelve feet by twelve feet boundary."
So writes Philip Calder. He is being kept a prisoner, alone, on a remote Scottish island. His life is shrunk to the stifling confines of his small room, a courtyard surrounded by high walls, and the sterile company of two uniformed guards whom he ironically names Morcambe and Wise. He is only allowed a pen and paper to break the monotony. So he writes. He writes about how he came to be there, starting at the beginning, when Maxwell Stone first came into his world.
He relates how his world was altered forever when Connie Stone and her ten year old son Max moved into the small mining town of Overthorpe. It's the 1960s, and Connie causes a stir amongst the locals, for wearing bright lipstick, short skirts, and, the worst of all, being a single mother. Calder is at once captivated by her.
Philip becomes friends with her son, but it is a strange, volatile relationship. Max is unfathomable, unpredictable, often violent, and as they grow older both Philip and Max vie for one young woman's attention - Ruby. But it's Max's strange fascination with wanting to be Philip Calder, to have his life, his identity, that triggers a series of unpredictable events that will lead to Calder's imprisonment.
Gavin Miller is a successful author. He is in possession of Calder's manuscript, having been handed it by the manager of a nursing home called Overton Hall. He knows he must destroy it, because in it is laid bare his own dark secret. In it lies the seeds of his own ruin and why he is irrevocably tied emotionally and physically to the enigmatic Mrs Randolf.
But who exactly is Gavin Miller? Who is Mrs Randolf? What is the truth behind Philip Calder's bizarre imprisonment on a remote Scottish island?
Max is a brooding novel that twists and turns through the decades to explore the dark workings of a troubled friendship, a diseased mind, and the jealousies and hatred that leads ultimately to madness, deceit and murder.
So writes Philip Calder. He is being kept a prisoner, alone, on a remote Scottish island. His life is shrunk to the stifling confines of his small room, a courtyard surrounded by high walls, and the sterile company of two uniformed guards whom he ironically names Morcambe and Wise. He is only allowed a pen and paper to break the monotony. So he writes. He writes about how he came to be there, starting at the beginning, when Maxwell Stone first came into his world.
He relates how his world was altered forever when Connie Stone and her ten year old son Max moved into the small mining town of Overthorpe. It's the 1960s, and Connie causes a stir amongst the locals, for wearing bright lipstick, short skirts, and, the worst of all, being a single mother. Calder is at once captivated by her.
Philip becomes friends with her son, but it is a strange, volatile relationship. Max is unfathomable, unpredictable, often violent, and as they grow older both Philip and Max vie for one young woman's attention - Ruby. But it's Max's strange fascination with wanting to be Philip Calder, to have his life, his identity, that triggers a series of unpredictable events that will lead to Calder's imprisonment.
Gavin Miller is a successful author. He is in possession of Calder's manuscript, having been handed it by the manager of a nursing home called Overton Hall. He knows he must destroy it, because in it is laid bare his own dark secret. In it lies the seeds of his own ruin and why he is irrevocably tied emotionally and physically to the enigmatic Mrs Randolf.
But who exactly is Gavin Miller? Who is Mrs Randolf? What is the truth behind Philip Calder's bizarre imprisonment on a remote Scottish island?
Max is a brooding novel that twists and turns through the decades to explore the dark workings of a troubled friendship, a diseased mind, and the jealousies and hatred that leads ultimately to madness, deceit and murder.
332 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 27, 2011
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About the author
D.M. Mitchell
23 books52 followersD. M. Mitchell has been compared to Ruth Rendell, Martina Cole, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Linwood Barclay, Dickens and even the Bronte sisters! This wide array of writing styles is appropriate - though Mitchell is known for his psychological thrillers, he is determined that each of them will be different, so they might be set in different eras, may be straightforward thrillers or have a supernatural or horror twist, and he avoids like the plague the standard and unimaginative serial killer format! You'll find he uses different styles of writing to suit different types of books - it also keeps him from getting bored...
D. M. Mitchell was born into a small mining community in Yorkshire, England. His career advisor said he had two options - go down the mines or become a policeman. Being scared of the dark and never having much meat on his bones, he declined both and in his early years bounced like a pinball from job to job - warehouses, cinema projectionist, market trader, salesman - you get the picture. He sort of made a success of himself and now lives in a money-pit of a cottage in a tiny village in the cream tea heart of the South West of England.
His first remembered attempt at pushing the boundaries of creative writing was during a school lesson at the age of nine. Titled simply 'Rain' his proud masterpiece began with 'It started to rain' then there followed eight pages of nothing but the words 'pitter-patter', concluding with 'and then it stopped'. It was handed over and duly reviewed by his brick wall of a teacher, whose eyebrows flickered up and down ominously, his cheeks flushing bright red, before declaring it total rubbish. He tore it up into ribbons, showered him with his first, and no doubt only tickertape ceremony, and gave him a meaty slap around the head (they could do that sort of thing in 1967). He made him write 'I will not write stupid things for eight pages' for eight pages. Thus he learnt a number of valuable early lessons - the meaning of irony, writing is very subjective, everyone's a critic, and no-one likes a smart-arse.
He persevered, his first novel appearing in 1986 and disappearing into the attic the same year. It's still up there. Many manuscripts later he used to save the piles of rejection slips to paper his bare walls. So the adage is, keep at it, in these times of economic depression you'll soon have the house fully redecorated. Nowadays, writing is the one thing he feels totally comfortable with, except perhaps for a cup of Horlicks on a cold winter's night when the rain goes pitter-patter against the window panes (there it is again...).
Characterisation is an important and noticeable aspect of all Mitchell's novels. It allows him to be whoever he wants to be when he gets fed up of being himself, which is quite often. So too is a sense of mystery and the exploration of the darker side to humanity. There are always strong elements of a complex puzzle to be solved in a D M Mitchell novel, many disparate parts ultimately coming together, tragedy and comedy sitting side by side. As in life, nothing is as it first seems. He takes a keen interest in history, a thread which runs through his writing, whether it's the 1960s or 1970s, as in 'Max' and 'Pressure Cooker', or the Victorian 1880s, as in 'The House of the Wicked'.
His favourite novelists include Barry Unsworth, Thomas Hardy, John Steinbeck and Graham Swift. Top two favourite historical books: Culloden, by John Prebble and The Face of Battle by John Keegan. He also collects first edition novels and takes a keen interest in anything old, tatty and in need of love and restoration. His wife says he needs to get out more.
He has three grown children and also enjoys photography, painting and walking the Blackdown Hills with his wife and an overly excitable Border Terrier - or is that an overly-excitable wife and a Border Terrier... One of the two.
He'd like to thank his growing legion of fans for allowing him to practice being
D. M. Mitchell was born into a small mining community in Yorkshire, England. His career advisor said he had two options - go down the mines or become a policeman. Being scared of the dark and never having much meat on his bones, he declined both and in his early years bounced like a pinball from job to job - warehouses, cinema projectionist, market trader, salesman - you get the picture. He sort of made a success of himself and now lives in a money-pit of a cottage in a tiny village in the cream tea heart of the South West of England.
His first remembered attempt at pushing the boundaries of creative writing was during a school lesson at the age of nine. Titled simply 'Rain' his proud masterpiece began with 'It started to rain' then there followed eight pages of nothing but the words 'pitter-patter', concluding with 'and then it stopped'. It was handed over and duly reviewed by his brick wall of a teacher, whose eyebrows flickered up and down ominously, his cheeks flushing bright red, before declaring it total rubbish. He tore it up into ribbons, showered him with his first, and no doubt only tickertape ceremony, and gave him a meaty slap around the head (they could do that sort of thing in 1967). He made him write 'I will not write stupid things for eight pages' for eight pages. Thus he learnt a number of valuable early lessons - the meaning of irony, writing is very subjective, everyone's a critic, and no-one likes a smart-arse.
He persevered, his first novel appearing in 1986 and disappearing into the attic the same year. It's still up there. Many manuscripts later he used to save the piles of rejection slips to paper his bare walls. So the adage is, keep at it, in these times of economic depression you'll soon have the house fully redecorated. Nowadays, writing is the one thing he feels totally comfortable with, except perhaps for a cup of Horlicks on a cold winter's night when the rain goes pitter-patter against the window panes (there it is again...).
Characterisation is an important and noticeable aspect of all Mitchell's novels. It allows him to be whoever he wants to be when he gets fed up of being himself, which is quite often. So too is a sense of mystery and the exploration of the darker side to humanity. There are always strong elements of a complex puzzle to be solved in a D M Mitchell novel, many disparate parts ultimately coming together, tragedy and comedy sitting side by side. As in life, nothing is as it first seems. He takes a keen interest in history, a thread which runs through his writing, whether it's the 1960s or 1970s, as in 'Max' and 'Pressure Cooker', or the Victorian 1880s, as in 'The House of the Wicked'.
His favourite novelists include Barry Unsworth, Thomas Hardy, John Steinbeck and Graham Swift. Top two favourite historical books: Culloden, by John Prebble and The Face of Battle by John Keegan. He also collects first edition novels and takes a keen interest in anything old, tatty and in need of love and restoration. His wife says he needs to get out more.
He has three grown children and also enjoys photography, painting and walking the Blackdown Hills with his wife and an overly excitable Border Terrier - or is that an overly-excitable wife and a Border Terrier... One of the two.
He'd like to thank his growing legion of fans for allowing him to practice being
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March 31, 2016
I kept on reading this book, hoping it would get to some kind of conclusion, it was not to my taste at all, I just couldn't get to grips with it. At the end I was left disappointed.
I used it as part of my good reads reading challenge, so felt I had to finish it, what a waste of my time. I like a book I dont want to put down, but this one - I didnt want to pick up
I used it as part of my good reads reading challenge, so felt I had to finish it, what a waste of my time. I like a book I dont want to put down, but this one - I didnt want to pick up
August 12, 2012
Similar to Pulp fiction in the way the story is told, Max is what it is described as, a psychological thriller. With all the twists and turns I had no problem keeping up, I knew who a person was even if they had not been mentioned for several chapters. There was no time that I had to stop and think "I know that name, Who was that again?" the characters were memorial and fleshed out enough that you couldn't forget even the least of them. Max was an excellent book that I would have rated higher if I had not been disappointing with the ending. Whenever I thought I had the story figured out, or thought that I had the mystery solved I would be proven wrong with the next chapter, that at least kept me reading. Anyone who was a fan of the television show St. Elsewhere can probably guess what kind of ending this story had.
December 26, 2017
This is not a book to be rushed or else you will get lost in this book full of twists which will rattle your brain. What appears to start out as a man retelling his youth and his friendship with an young boy Max, slowly starts turning dark. The author then throws in other characters from the 1st person and you wonder how it all slots in. Well it does. Bit by bit. You grow up reading about Collies life and how this mysterious Max affects him so deeply. And then the mysteries of Mr Miller and co puzzle you even more. Even when you think you’ve got the ending you will be in for a sharp shock. A true psychological thriller. Had me gripped and gasping.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 17, 2018
I thought this was a really great read. It goes from one person to another person after one chapter and it had me a little confused. I had to go back a little bit to see whose point of view it was from.
There were a few twists that made me want to read more, but I found a quotation mark at a beginning of a word and an ending quotation mark where nobody was talking.
Other than that, I thought this book was a good read. I would like to read this again someday.
There were a few twists that made me want to read more, but I found a quotation mark at a beginning of a word and an ending quotation mark where nobody was talking.
Other than that, I thought this book was a good read. I would like to read this again someday.
May 16, 2021
I tried, really I did. But this was very possibly one of the most tedious books I've ever read. Descriptive, yes...the descriptions never end. We never seem to conclude anything...it just goes on and on and on ad nauseam. So yes, I initiated my 'rapid read' mode, scanning, flipping pages. Sometimes the best ending is to simply close the book.
May 14, 2021
Another excellent book by an extremely talented author!
July 20, 2022
Thought I had got it at one point but wasn't expecting the final twist
August 8, 2022
Bizarre and confusing.
June 3, 2014
This book had me hooked.
Well written, the characters had depth and felt real (although there were too many of them), I cared what happened to them and couldn't wait to find out what would come next.
I loved the fact that all the way through I was in a state of confusion as to where the plot was headed- jumping to all sorts of wild assumptions and guesses but never managing to tie up all the ends, it really did play games with my mind.
BUT I had to drop a star because It kinda made me feel just a little cheated.
Also, there are a few typos, missing or misplaced punctuation and poor formatting in places which I found a little distracting but that is a nitpicky thing really.
All in all, I definitely recommend reading 'MAX'. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Added note taken from comment on my Amazon review: The spoiler tagged issue I've noted and the typos could be purposefully done to mess further still with the reader. I haven't read the book a second time to make a judgement call on this possibility, but in a book otherwise so complex and thoroughly considered, it's sloppy elements do seem an ill-fit.
Well written, the characters had depth and felt real (although there were too many of them), I cared what happened to them and couldn't wait to find out what would come next.
I loved the fact that all the way through I was in a state of confusion as to where the plot was headed- jumping to all sorts of wild assumptions and guesses but never managing to tie up all the ends, it really did play games with my mind.
BUT I had to drop a star because It kinda made me feel just a little cheated.
Also, there are a few typos, missing or misplaced punctuation and poor formatting in places which I found a little distracting but that is a nitpicky thing really.
All in all, I definitely recommend reading 'MAX'. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Added note taken from comment on my Amazon review: The spoiler tagged issue I've noted and the typos could be purposefully done to mess further still with the reader. I haven't read the book a second time to make a judgement call on this possibility, but in a book otherwise so complex and thoroughly considered, it's sloppy elements do seem an ill-fit.
June 20, 2016
Focus you're mind!!
Wow. This is an epic and complicated tale. I must admit to having moments were I was utterly lost and had to read back a little before "thinking" I knew what was going on. This state of confusion may be down to the constant interruptions I encountered whilst I was reading and nothing to do with the story.
I'm glad that I didn't give up on the book and instead, with my mind more focused and concentrating on nothing but the story, I began to enjoy it more. That being said, every time I believed I had it worked out I was proved wrong. The concluding twist(s) in the tale gave me 1 of those aahhaa!!! moment's just before it was revealed. Damming my inner detective, and left me still pondering the story even after I stopped reading.
I rarely read a book more than once, (only my all time favourites), however, I think this is a book I will return to at some point in the future, like a movie you watch again and see all the subtle parts you missed the first time round.
It is a complex tale but well written and original. Its my first time reading anything by this author but it won't be the last. Next time though I vow to lock the doors and unplug the phone and give the book my full and undivided attention .
Wow. This is an epic and complicated tale. I must admit to having moments were I was utterly lost and had to read back a little before "thinking" I knew what was going on. This state of confusion may be down to the constant interruptions I encountered whilst I was reading and nothing to do with the story.
I'm glad that I didn't give up on the book and instead, with my mind more focused and concentrating on nothing but the story, I began to enjoy it more. That being said, every time I believed I had it worked out I was proved wrong. The concluding twist(s) in the tale gave me 1 of those aahhaa!!! moment's just before it was revealed. Damming my inner detective, and left me still pondering the story even after I stopped reading.
I rarely read a book more than once, (only my all time favourites), however, I think this is a book I will return to at some point in the future, like a movie you watch again and see all the subtle parts you missed the first time round.
It is a complex tale but well written and original. Its my first time reading anything by this author but it won't be the last. Next time though I vow to lock the doors and unplug the phone and give the book my full and undivided attention .
April 25, 2012
MAX, by DM Mitchell, is the memoir of a very special asylum inmate. Interspersed in the story is the occasional commentary of an omniscient narrator who anchors the reader. It is an imaginative, dark, and psychological tale that remains mysterious until the very end. I highly recommend it.
The author does a fabulous job of allowing the story to come to life on its own. The story arc rises slowly and evenly throughout. The characters are well developed, seem real and are tightly woven into the story. The writing is polished, very descriptive and at times almost lyrical. Taken all together, its qualities make this book a work of fairly high literary quality.
The book needs another round of editing although this is not bad enough to take much away from the reading experience. Finally, the linked table of contents would be of greater value if the book's descriptive chapter headings were included. Instead there is just the banal, Chapter 1, Chapter 2, etc.
DM Mitchell deserves congratulations for this achievement.
The author does a fabulous job of allowing the story to come to life on its own. The story arc rises slowly and evenly throughout. The characters are well developed, seem real and are tightly woven into the story. The writing is polished, very descriptive and at times almost lyrical. Taken all together, its qualities make this book a work of fairly high literary quality.
The book needs another round of editing although this is not bad enough to take much away from the reading experience. Finally, the linked table of contents would be of greater value if the book's descriptive chapter headings were included. Instead there is just the banal, Chapter 1, Chapter 2, etc.
DM Mitchell deserves congratulations for this achievement.
August 20, 2012
The blurb interested me greatly.
The beginning interested me greatly.
The end was damn amazing.
It's just the middle I found a bit...meh.
It's not that the book was bad, I found myself interested in each little snippets of a characters life, it's just that I didn't really feel compelled to read on. I thought that I would be drawn in by finding out why this man is locked in a room on an island but instead I was drawn in by the story of his life before being locked up. The problem came then by the broken telling of the story which I usually love in a book but here just worked to cause two separate stories that keep pulling you out of the other.
Yet I read on, and as the story comes together and the twists are reveled it really picks up. I never saw it coming and it definitely was a great ending.
A slightly muddled read yet still enjoyable, just not 'Can't but this book down' enjoyable.
The beginning interested me greatly.
The end was damn amazing.
It's just the middle I found a bit...meh.
It's not that the book was bad, I found myself interested in each little snippets of a characters life, it's just that I didn't really feel compelled to read on. I thought that I would be drawn in by finding out why this man is locked in a room on an island but instead I was drawn in by the story of his life before being locked up. The problem came then by the broken telling of the story which I usually love in a book but here just worked to cause two separate stories that keep pulling you out of the other.
Yet I read on, and as the story comes together and the twists are reveled it really picks up. I never saw it coming and it definitely was a great ending.
A slightly muddled read yet still enjoyable, just not 'Can't but this book down' enjoyable.
March 12, 2014
All hail to D M Mitchell for his powerful, beautifully written, contemporary Gothic novel - a portrait of a psychopath, ingeniously told against a richly woven and meticulously detailed northern England background.
The author employs layered points of view superbly controlled to unfold this authentic, intensely literary, brooding, study of claustrophobic obsession, drawing one into a fully imagined universe. In which each character lives and interacts white hot on pages chock full of insight into, and observation of, the human condition. Max, novel and protagonist, are perfectly crafted works of art.
It's many years since I encountered a novel which so wholly gripped and challenged me. One which I found myself inhabiting so greedily, watchfully, breathlessly and, as a wannabe writer myself, enviously, wits on continual alert as I took on multiple personalities in the reading of - submerged in - this amazing work.
This, without a doubt, is the real deal . . .
The author employs layered points of view superbly controlled to unfold this authentic, intensely literary, brooding, study of claustrophobic obsession, drawing one into a fully imagined universe. In which each character lives and interacts white hot on pages chock full of insight into, and observation of, the human condition. Max, novel and protagonist, are perfectly crafted works of art.
It's many years since I encountered a novel which so wholly gripped and challenged me. One which I found myself inhabiting so greedily, watchfully, breathlessly and, as a wannabe writer myself, enviously, wits on continual alert as I took on multiple personalities in the reading of - submerged in - this amazing work.
This, without a doubt, is the real deal . . .
August 30, 2013
I enjoyed this book and it is written exceptionally well with realistic characters. You feel drawn in to the lives and emotions of the two very different main protagonists Philip and Max. I thought the strange dynamics of their relationship and the formulative events of their childhood were very well portrayed. I was hooked to the plot all the way through and I particularly liked the turmoil and fluctuating emotions experienced by Philip during his imprisonment. However, I think the success of writer with this part of the story and with the life of Philip as revealed in his manuscript meant that I was disappointed with the ending. I won't spoil it for those who have not yet read the book but for me it made no sense and made a mockery of all that Philip had experienced. However, overall a good book and worth reading.
October 11, 2014
The very beginning of this book really confused me. I was completely lost for quite some time. It's not that the book was bad, I found myself getting interested every once in a while and in other spots being totally confused. I kept hoping that I would be drawn in to this book by finding out why this man is locked in a room on an island. The problem was that the story was so broken up that I felt I was reading two separate stories that keep pulling you out of one into the other and left me wondering who all these characters were.
I kept reading anyway as I hate leaving a book unread. The story comes together and the twists are reveled it finally picks up. I never saw it coming and it definitely was a better ending than the book was as a whole. It is not the kind of "can't put it down till finished" book.
I kept reading anyway as I hate leaving a book unread. The story comes together and the twists are reveled it finally picks up. I never saw it coming and it definitely was a better ending than the book was as a whole. It is not the kind of "can't put it down till finished" book.
June 17, 2015
It took me some time to get interested in Max. But then it became so interesting I had a hard time putting it down. As I read I imagined the narrator in prison because of something Max had done. The prison sounded like Alcatraz, a prison surrounded by seriously dangerous ocean.
Of course, a lot of prisoners claim to be innocent so I read on with some skepticism of the narrator's motives. But the story skipped into other points of view, too. Each story was just as fascinating as the last. But I couldn't figure out how they were to be blended together. The other POV was walking around free.
The conclusion was so shocking. This is one of those brilliant novels that grabs you from behind after you think you're comfortable.
Of course, a lot of prisoners claim to be innocent so I read on with some skepticism of the narrator's motives. But the story skipped into other points of view, too. Each story was just as fascinating as the last. But I couldn't figure out how they were to be blended together. The other POV was walking around free.
The conclusion was so shocking. This is one of those brilliant novels that grabs you from behind after you think you're comfortable.
August 23, 2012
I picked this up gratis, and have no complaints re value for money!
The story twists and turns, using flashbacks, a seemingly stream of conciousness narrative flow, and a mysterious relationship.
Certain elements of this work really well: I thoroughly enjoyed the tale of two friends growing up and the way their paths diverge.
Other elements just didn't gel for me, and I found myself becoming annoyed at the story jumping around and the narrative not flowing well.
There are twists, some of which I saw coming, some I didn't.
The story twists and turns, using flashbacks, a seemingly stream of conciousness narrative flow, and a mysterious relationship.
Certain elements of this work really well: I thoroughly enjoyed the tale of two friends growing up and the way their paths diverge.
Other elements just didn't gel for me, and I found myself becoming annoyed at the story jumping around and the narrative not flowing well.
There are twists, some of which I saw coming, some I didn't.
September 30, 2012
They weren't kidding when they called this a psychological thriller. This was one of those free books on Kindle finds and it was really very good. There were a few parts that were a little tedious, but I feel the other parts more than made up for them. It's a story of two boys who were friends in childhood and what happens as they grow up and go on with their lives when one of them is a little mentally disturbed, but no one sees it except the other until it is too late.
August 29, 2012
Mr. Mitchell took me for a real ride with this book. You are told it is a psychological thriller, but that doesn't begin to describe the crazy journey through the book. There were times I was so confused as to the characters that I was ready to quit, but I stuck with it and things finally made sense at the end. Well done, D. M. Mitchell.
January 13, 2012
OK, I actually really liked this book. At times it is very hard to follow but the end clears everything up. It's amazing how D,M, Mitchell was able to tell the story the way he did. This story is about two young boys and their relationship through adulthood.
January 15, 2012
Very good thriller , found some areas hard to follow but brilliantly enough the author brings it all together at the end. Plenty of twists and turns with a fresh approach to two boys growing up and the demons which haunted them while growing up.
April 24, 2012
Very cleverly written book. A bit confusing at first as to where the story is going but has that draw to it that makes you keep reading which is fully rewarded with a cracking plot. If you have a kindle it's 99p very well spent!
September 7, 2012
Wasn't keen on this. I have a rule of not continuing with a book if I am not enjoying it by the time I am 10% through, but stuck with this one til I was 20% through and then skim read through the rest of it. I never really quite got into it.
July 15, 2013
The best part of this book was that it ended. My primary reaction while reading it was depression; secondary was sheer confusion. If it weren't for the fact that I almost never give up on a book, I would never have finished it. I'm sorry I couldn't like it.
May 10, 2014
At first I did wonder what was going on as didn't really understand any of it but when I started to realise what was what I found I couldn't put it down, Great story, Highly recommend. Another excellent read by D M Mitchell.
May 24, 2015
The reviews made me want to read it but the reality was the book meandered all over the place. I kept reading and there is a good ending but felt like all the middle was just filling. I'll try another from this author though.
November 30, 2014
Interesting, complex psychological thriller, but it did seem to take a long time to get from the beginning to the end.
January 12, 2012
Very dark, troubled and complex. Multiple strands weaving together. Demands a second read.
May 4, 2012
Really enjoy this book with all its twists and turns :)
May 16, 2012
Maybe it was just me, but I couldn't hold the plot. Had some good reviews too.
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