A Outra Casa

Spilling CID #6

by Sophie Hannah

Autora de A vítima perfeita, lançado pela Rocco na FLIP 2015, e escolhida pelos herdeiros de Agatha Christie para dar vida nova ao célebre detetive Hercule Poirot, a inglesa Sophie Hannah constrói, em A outra casa, uma trama sofisticada em que o suspense é apenas um dos elementos da narrativa. Na história, os detetives Simon Waterhouse e Charlie Zailer são obrigados a interromper sua lua de mel para atuar num caso sombrio envolvendo o casal Connie e Kit Bokskill e um corpo de mulher revelado em circunstâncias inusitadas, quando Connie resolve pesquisar casas à venda num site imobiliário na internet. Com doses equivalentes de humor, aventura e mistério, Sophie Hannah entretém o leitor e, ao mesmo tempo, o convida a uma instigante reflexão sobre relacionamentos familiares, profissionais e amorosos.

Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction, Crime, Suspense, Mystery Thriller, Psychological Thriller

464 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Sophie Hannah is an internationally bestselling writer of psychological crime fiction, published in 27 countries. In 2013, her latest novel, The Carrier, won the Crime Thriller of the Year Award at the Specsavers National Book Awards. Two of Sophie’s crime novels, The Point of Rescue and The Other Half Lives, have been adapted for television and appeared on ITV1 under the series title Case Sensitive in 2011 and 2012. In 2004, Sophie won first prize in the Daphne Du Maurier Festival Short Story Competition for her suspense story The Octopus Nest, which is now published in her first collection of short stories, The Fantastic Book of Everybody’s Secrets.

Sophie has also published five collections of poetry. Her fifth, Pessimism for Beginners, was shortlisted for the 2007 T S Eliot Award. Her poetry is studied at GCSE, A-level and degree level across the UK. From 1997 to 1999 she was Fellow Commoner in Creative Arts at Trinity College, Cambridge, and between 1999 and 2001 she was a fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. She is forty-one and lives with her husband and children in Cambridge, where she is a Fellow Commoner at Lucy Cavendish College. She is currently working on a new challenge for the little grey cells of Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie’s famous detective.

Reviews

[Maureen · Rating 3 out of 5]

We’ve all been there, haven’t we, staring wistfully at the for sale board outside the house we’ll probably never afford? Often, just like Connie Bowskill, we are still driven to look up the property online, victims of our own daydreams. But in Connie’s case it all goes horribly wrong.

Clicking on the Virtual Tour button of 11 Bentley Grove, Cambridge, she sees not the perfect living room she had imagined, but a female corpse lying face down in a pool of blood. So begins Sophie Hannah’s crime novel, a foray into the less than golden lives of an outwardly successful and settled young couple.

Intercut with scenes from the Bowskill’s disintegrating marriage the author weaves snatches of the honeymoon of policeman, Simon Waterhouse. Connie needs Simon to unravel the mystery of the Cambridge house, believing that he can prove that her husband Kit is either implicated in the murder or entirely innocent of her accusations.

A sense of place is nicely evoked, and the characters of Connie and her immediate family are convincing. However, this was a rather confusing and convoluted plot.

[The Wee Hen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm a reluctant Sophie Hannah fan and I'll tell you why. I cannot stand the relationship between Charlie and Simon. I don't understand it. It reminds me of how I used to try and make sense of boys when I was a young, awkward maiden chicken. And to see a woman, a former cop no less, deal with a grown man who is so confusing and painful for her makes me want to scream. You just married him, you're on your honeymoon and you still don't understand what his sexual dysfunction is? Well find the hell out or get the hell out, Charlie. You're a grown ass professional woman!
Now despite that I will read every Sophie Hannah book I can get my hands on because she writes a really creepy, dread-filled, disturbing thriller. Her baddies are really bad. Her vulnerable goodies are people you really fear for. Her crazy twists are mind-bending works of art. And she can really make me laugh.
This is a good one.

[Narike Lintvelt · Rating 2 out of 5]

Couldn't wait to finish reading it just to see WTF it was all about. Overwritten, overplotted, overexplained, overwrought... so over Sophie Hannah.

[Liz · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book at first, and that momentum was what led me to finish the book. Overall though, the storyline was convoluted, confusing, and totally unbelievable. The lead female character became so irritating that I lost any sympathy or empathy that I'd initially felt for her. The supporting characters were also unrealistic, and at times just plain annoying. This is the first of Sophie Hannah's books I have read, and I'm afraid it will be the last.

[Sue Gerhardt Griffiths · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another suspenseful psychological thriller by Sophie Hannah and the 6th book in the Spilling CID series.

I raced through this thrilling, twisty novel, it was amazeballs. Fantastic character development and the plot was intriguing and just so good. Loved how the story unfolded and it kept me guessing until the mystery was solved, it was fun trying to guess which of the two central characters was the unhinged crazy one.

The Simon/Charlie relationship… I can only laugh and shake my head but, I am looking forward to seeing what Sophie Hannah has in store for them in the next instalment.

*Book #61/72 of my 2019 coffee table to-read challenge, cont. 2020

[Diane · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hmm...I guess this is the sixth book in the series by this lady, but it's the first one I've read. I thought it was pretty interesting, but I have to say I was a bit TOO confused in the middle. In the end it all made sense (I think) but the mystery was so confusing that I didn't even have any theories. In suspense/thriller/mysteries, I usually like to be able to grasp the problem enough to at least have a hypothesis about solving the mystery. In this book, though, I had no idea. I never once thought I had it figured out, or even had any inkling of what would happen in the end. I would have liked it if the story was a bit simpler (wow, that sounds terrible) just because everything was so convoluted that I really didn't know what was going on.

I did enjoy the book, though, and it all made sense in the end, which is the most important thing in a mystery/suspense/thriller. I can't say I was overly fond of any of the characters. I won't be leaping to read more books from the series. I found many of the characters to be pretty unlikable, actually. Can't say I really care about what has happened or will happen to them. If I saw another book by her at a garage sale for a dollar or two, I'd pick it up, but I wouldn't pay full price at a book store.

[Tiffany PSquared · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a perfect example of why I dislike jumping into a series randomly. Even though the story held its own and was engaging and suspenseful, I felt that some of the characters' nuances were lost on me because I didn't know their backstories.
Nevertheless, the book was good. It was well-written and kept me guessing (even at the end - even when the "villain" was explaining everything in great detail!).
I would definitely pick up a Sophie Hannah book again; however, next time I would start at the beginning of the series.

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Why are the characters in so many of these British "Psycho-Mysteries" always so mean to each other? Our heroine Connie's family is totally nasty, Charlie and Simon are newlyweds who seem to have a non-relationship in which the husband plays an unkind trick on his bride and has no interest in pursuing intimacy with her. Connie and Kit are living a huge lie with Kit doing everything in his power to drive his wife over the edge of sanity. Parents disown children and no one has a kind word to say about anyone else. What a sad dreary world these characters inhabit! The plot is unbelievable at best and laugh-out-loud ridiculous at worst - and it is often at its worst. The final chapters are long conversations where "all is explained", and the sense of satisfaction at having a mystery solved is just not there - rather one is left with a feeling of exasperation at having been lead on an ultimately silly chase. Sophie Hannah is a very good writer however, and it is the strength of her story telling skill that pulls the reader along. For that, I give her three stars. Hopefully, with time and maturity, her plots will contain a greater degree of verisimilitude and her characters will be kinder to one another.

[Deana · Rating 3 out of 5]

I hated Scooby-Doo as a child. I spent every episode trying to solve the mystery, looking for every clue I could. But alas, every episode ended the same way; Velma reveals an variety of clues that you did not get to learn during the story, and solves the mystery. It infuriated me because no matter how hard I tried, I never got the chance to put the pieces together myself.

That is the way this book made me feel. The whole book is excellent and gripping, and every chapter you will put pieces together to try and figure out the mystery, but you won't. The solution is a ridiculous, complicated web that is both improbable and silly. You will not think back and say, "Oh! How did I miss that!" or "Wow! I should have seen this coming!" Such a shame, considering that everything leading up to this goofy ending was wonderful.

I had hoped this book would be the retribution I needed after the half-witted ending of Little Face. Unfortunately, it was the same. I gave it three stars because I couldn't put it down. It was a wonderful book until that awful Lifetime Movie ending.

[Danielle The Book Huntress · Rating 3 out of 5]

One of those "please get to the point" kind of books. Lots of chatty dialogue that had me wondering what the relevance was. I have to say it all came together very well, and the resolution had a wow factor.

I'd have to give it 3.5/5.0 stars as a result.

Reviewed for Affaire de Coeur magazine in the July issue: http://affairedecoeur.com

[Jackie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm not much for UK based mysteries--I just don't understand how it all works over there. But I do make an exception for Sophie Hannah--she keeps me too busy trying to figure out her very complicated characters and the even more complicated situations they find themselves in. Connie and her husband Kit, the main characters in "The Other Woman's House" are not exceptions. It starts out simple enough--Connie can't sleep so she's up looking at a house tour online when she sees a woman laying in a pool of blood. She races to the bedroom to get her husband, who dutifully goes to see things for himself--finding no sign of blood or any woman, let alone a dead one. But Connie knows what she's seen, and, it turns out, knows a bit about that house and the people who live there. This opens the door to the labyrinth of lies, tricks, cheats, doubts and long held psychosis--and a very complex puzzle for the reader to figure out. This book features some characters from previous books, but this one stands alone just fine. The important part is to remember that calling what Hannah does "plot twists" is like calling a tornado a summer rain, so be prepared.

[Jayne · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is my third Sophie Hannah book. At first they were exciting, the story lines drew me in and I was always keen to find out the twist at the end (no matter how convoluted). But as I have read on I found myself more and more annoyed at the characters. Everyone of them is irritating. The women characters are either psychologically disturbed or mean and harsh and swear incessantly (cheap language and cheap literature). The characters all claim to be close to their families but speak to them in such a horrible, aggressive way, it is impossible to believe. The main character, a detective, presumably supposed to be a mix between Sherlock Holmes and Fox Mulder, is not even close to either. Also, when a 'twist' takes 20 pages to explain, how clever could it have been? The whole thing was exhausting and I just wanted it to end!

[Melissa Lenhardt · Rating 2 out of 5]

There was a point in reading this book, probably about 3/4 of the way through, where I thought I would give it four stars. After all, I was intrigued enough to spend my entire day yesterday reading it. Hannah had a good hook; I needed to know if the main character was as batshit insane as she seemed to be. Or was she just a basket case? There is a difference. The former is a killer. The latter just makes everyone around them miserable. At least that's my take. Definitions may vary.

When I finished, I said, "No way this convoluted mystery deserves more than three." Like every other mystery out there, Hannah spent a large chunk of the end of the novel telling us everything we didn't have enough information to figure out ourselves. She did it once, with three detectives stuck in traffic - that's ten pages I'll never get back - and then again with the killer and his final victim. What made no sense being told by third parties made a tiny bit more with the crazy person involved, but unfortunately not much.

When I was composing my review in my head last night in bed, I realized I hated every character. I'm not exaggerating. Every character. There were two characters involved in a - I feel like I'm insulting the word sub-plot here, but I can't think of an alternative - subplot that was, basically, the question of whether or not they should give out the hotel phone number of a detective on his honeymoon. Well, they did manage to do one other thing, illustrate how reprehensible, narcissistic and neurotic a character who had no narrative point was. I felt so sorry for the character she married. It's no wonder he never wants to have sex with her. On the other hand, what was the purpose of that point the author kept driving home? It had zero relevance to the story. Honestly...

Good lord. I just discovered this book is part of a series. Okay, then these pointless characters and story lines make a little more sense. Unfortunately, it doesn't make them any more pointless. The blurbs keep calling this "the beloved Zailer and Waterhouse series" which I find hilarious. I can't imagine Charlie and Simon being beloved to any reader. They were the two most insufferable characters I've read in my entire life.

With all those complaints, why am I giving it two stars? Even though I hated the characters, they were well drawn and fully realized. Hannah's writing is clear. Her dialogue is natural. I would read a novel by Hannah outside of the Zailer and Waterhouse series, but there is no way I ever want to spend another minute with those characters. They are going to have a miserable marriage.

[Gigi · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is one of the worst books I have ever read. (or rather, skimmed.)

The first 2 pages sounded intriguing, wow, they are stuck in a house, it's a bad situation, they are horrified, they are going to die! Hooked me right in to find out what happened, and then I read the next 12 pages, and realize this is not going to be good. And that's before I even get to the dead body in the lounge. I gamely tried to read, but by page 88 I realize to find out the "twist" I just need to skim and finally discover what was happening.

1. It is NOT suspense when the author simply withholds information. It is not suspense when the first person narrator repeats "but after what happened" for 88 pages, without ever telling you what happened in the first place to set things in motion. THAT IS NOT SUSPENSE, that is bullying the reader.

2. There are 3 story-lines, Kit and Connie, the main detective Simon and his new wife, and 2 others that were at Simon's wedding. I just skipped the 2 others, pointless to the story and just interrupted the flow.

3. Every woman character is wimpy and/or crazy. I just could not take the continuous inner monologues of both Connie and Charlie, constantly doubting themselves and putting themselves down. Connie's always crying. So unsympathetic.

4. Stories with technology as a plot device usually don't work, technology changes so quickly that what stymies a detective even 6 months ago would not be an obstacle now, i.e. IP addresses, browsing history. In this book the plot moves along because of 2 technology tricks, and it just does not stay believable.

5. Unbelievable police. So Simon the great detective is on his honeymoon, so we get Sam. And guess what, over and over Sam doesn't bother to communicate to his partner, or to the Cambridge police, whose jurisdiction the "murder" took place, he just says, "it wouldn't make a difference". So, inept police as plot device.

6. When I picked this book up, I didn't realize it was 6th in a series about Simon and Charlie. He is a bastard, and plays a terribly mean trick on her on their honeymoon. I have no desire to read more about Simon and Charlie.

7. There is 1 scene where Charlie, the wife of the detective not even on the case, talks to the therapist of Connie. I mean, why? Surely in real life the wife and therapist wouldn't discuss a patient?

8. A sign of a bad book is when it takes an entire chapter to EXPLAIN how the crime happens because it is so convoluted. SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO ACT SO IRRATIONALLY.

9. MAJOR SPOILER Could you really live in a home for years and not know that someone else came in and basically lived there during the day when you were away?

Who are the people who like this book?

[Anna · Rating 2 out of 5]

I chose this book because I spent approximately 99% of my conscious hours 3 doors away from where it's set. While there's something surreal in finding out that fictional murderers shop in the same Waitrose as you, this familitarity had its downsides too: the main sense of tension I experienced when reading this entire book was worrying about whether Cambridge Waitrose's awesome salad bar would be fairly represented within the text.

That seems a bit wrong in a 'psychological thriller' where nothing is as it seems<\spooky voice>. Hannah clearly took the premise that fictional killers usually turn out to be a bit nastier than they first appear, had some sort of immense fit and decided to apply the same principle to almost everything in her text. People aren't as they appear. Numbers aren't what they look like. Curtains aren't used for what you think. Waitrose doesn't have a salad bar worthy of making it into her book.

You'd think this playfulness might make the whole experience of reading it quite enjoyable, but I found it confusing and irritating. I should also mention that no-one in this book appears to like anyone else, mainly because they're all utterly unlikeable. One guy (who has almost nothing to do with anything in this book, but who you sense is crowbarred in for the benefit of other books Hannah just might be writing) spends part of his honeymoon lying about writing an address on a plane ticket, just to see what his wife does if he accuses her of having done it. (She doesn't react well.)

Ultimately I didn't care about anybody involved in the whole affair, so couldn't feel tense about their collective fates. I don't really even know what those fates were, thinking about it. Fairly sure they didn't involve pasta coronation salad, though.

[Hlee · Rating 3 out of 5]

First of all, I hate when life and work interfere with my reading. Hence the reason for the length of time it took me to complete this one. Second of all, this book was all sorts of F'd up.

I've been looking forward to reading this author for quite sometime. All these titles in the series seem like they can stand alone well enough. I'll have to confirm that suspicion with more titles down the road.

Once I could get into the guts of this story, it completely messed with me. I could not wrap my head around all the unknowns. So many questions, then more questions jumping out of the woodwork. This was definitely a psychological thriller, operative word being "psycho!!" Once you wrap your head around the conclusion, it really effs up the noggin. I had a hard time toward the end how the detectives so eloquently discuss the case at a pub then take the revelation from there to the scene of the crime. It was summed up too quickly, the lack of investigating within the investigators, more or less just talking out what they think happened, which is exactly what happened. Kinda lame. But the characters are definitely well written. I will eagerly wait to read more of Hannah's stories.....when I'm in the mood for cray-cray again.

[Sharon · Rating 2 out of 5]

A gripping story, but kind of an awkward read until the last few chapters. There are a lot of characters, most of them unlikeable, and a couple of whom were largely unnecessary, providing background for extraneous police officers who were more clutter than anything else. The full plot, when revealed, was intricate and provocative, and reasonably enough supported by the events that proceeded it, though I was still left with questions. I would grab another of her books if I were in the mood for a quick suspense read - her prose was competent, and I enjoyed the "Britishness" of it - a good choice to pass the time between Tana French books!

[Nattie · Rating 1 out of 5]

After attempting to read Little face, I decided to write Sophie Hannah off, then I decided to give her books one more chance because most of them sound so good. The other woman's house seemed like my best bet, but it was another letdown.

Once again the chapters focusing on the detectives ruined the flow of the story and got in the way of the other parts which were good. I considered skipping all the detective chapters and just reading the rest, but that's not the way I like to read a book.

[Ahtims · Rating 4 out of 5]

Was a very complex and intriguing tale . A seemingly unstable woman who encounters shocking and distrubing facts related to her marriage and husband, and sees a murdered body online while doing a virtual house tour.
And the personal saga of Spilling CID team too continues ...

[Kim · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one was a slow start for me, a bit confusing in spots, but got juicy and kept my interest to the end. Hannah's writing is good, her plots are crazy and sometimes over the top, but I really like her books.

[Paul · Rating 1 out of 5]

I gave this a one star rating because Goodreads doesn't give the option of no stars.
I found this in a local Poundland, after finishing it I honestly feel I paid 80p too much.

The quick synopsis hooked me, a woman sees a dead body on a virtual tour of a house but when she has her husband look he sees nothing out of the ordinary. It wasn't until I added it to Goodreads that I discovered it was the sixth in a series, there was nothing mentioned on the cover or inlay at all, I don't think having read the previous five books would have made this more enjoyable but I suppose it could be possible.

This is a "psychological" thriller. I'm not sure what that means but it felt like it was a way to say "This is all about mind games, get a PHD in psychology to understsand it".

Every single character was either damaged or was a controlling headcase. There was nobody who I could relate to or sympathise with. They were either struggling to keep a grip on their own psyche or they were manipulating everyone around them. It became extremely tiresome very quickly.

The only reason I kept reading was that I had come to the half way point and I wanted to know what in the world was going on. This is something I regret, I honestly wish I'd put the book down, Googled the ending and read something more enjoyable. It was such a damp squid of an ending that it made everything I'd endured feel even more tiresome and pointless. This is something I wouldn't have thought around the 200 page mark.

I've never read a Sophie Hannah book before, this experience will make sure her name lives long in my memory and that I will never pick up any of her work again.

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars. This is the second literary thriller by Sophie Hannah I’ve read and it certainly won’t be the last. She has an interesting take, especially for a sometimes-procedural where the detectives themselves don’t feature all that prominently (which I like). This also has a deep psychological element, which is well-played. The basic setup is this: Connie Bowskill is looking at an online Cambridge, UK real estate listing in the middle of the night and sees a dead body in the virtual tour. When she looks again it is gone. There are many twists and turns and it’s well plotted enough I wasn’t even trying to figure out the mystery; always a good sign. It was a little hard to buy that the detectives/police would give this woman’s claim any credence and launch an investigation. The author sort of tries to explain it away but I couldn’t help but think they get umpteen nutjob calls like this a day and would have to worry about actual crimes instead. There are also a lot of characters and it can get a bit confusing at times, something I found with the other book of hers I read (which, incidentally, had some of the same characters, so like a series but not really; the books entirely stand alone). If you’re looking for a smart thriller, this author is one to check out.

[Kathy Mcanulla · Rating 1 out of 5]

I took this book on holiday, otherwise i would have given up on it halfway through. The opening scenario is compelling, a woman suspecting her husband of leading a double life is looking on an estate agent's virtual house tour and sees a dead body in one of the rooms. However, when she gous back into the site there is no body there. The trouble with the book is that it is over-written, the plot is almost too cumbersome to maintain any interest , and the writing is uninspiring. I have given it 1 star for originality but was very pleased when I got to the end.

[Clare · Rating 4 out of 5]

Listened to in audio format.

I have been working my way through Spilling CID series, I can't believe I am on book 6.

The book began with the wedding reception of Simon and Charlie Waterhouse. After the reception Charlie`s sister had a one night stand with one of Simon `s colleagues. This soon became a full blown affair, if you are a long time fan of this series you will be surprised with which colleague.

In Lasting Damage Alice Fancourt from Little Face played a minor role in this story. The plot was complex and I couldn't decide if the dead body Connie saw was real.

I found Connie hard to like, I thought she was neurotic and made unreasonable demands of Kit.

I enjoyed the story with twists and turns aplenty. I have awarded four stars because the plot became confusing towards the end and I had to listen to the final chapter again.

[Liz Reeb · Rating 2 out of 5]

Could have been told in about 175 less pages… took forever to get to the point.

[Red · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mwah... Spannend in de zin dat je wel weten wilt hoe het zit en wie wat heeft gedaan, maar verder... nope. Teveel personages waar je wat van verwacht en die uiteindelijk niks toevoegen. Voor mij niet voor herhaling vatbaar.

[Sofieke de Loos · Rating 3 out of 5]

it was a bit unnecessary complicated but still a good read. also i finally finished a book yay :)

[Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oh Sophie!

Writing about mysteries is always difficult. It is so important that facts are revealed, characters are uncovered, in the right order and at the right pace, and just one stray point could spoil the book for another reader. And that is particularly true for books like yours. They are so gripping as they twist and turn on quite extraordinary ways.

But I think it would be safe for me to explain the scenario, wouldn't it?

In the early hours of the morning Connie is lying awake. She gets up, heads to her computer, pulls up an estate agent's website and zooms in on a particular property. A property quite beyond the reach of Connie and her husband.

She studies the pictures carefully. She looks at the virtual tour. And she sees a woman's body in a pool of blood in the lounge. Connie rushes to fetch her husband, but when he looks at the tour he sees the same lounge with no body, no sign of anything amiss.

He says that she must have imagined what she saw, but Connie is certain that she did nothing of the kind. She believes her eyes.

A very promising scenario,

And a classic Sophie Hannah heroine. A woman who has experienced something extraordinary, something seems quite impossible. A woman who is not believed, but will not give in.

I see a pattern but, to be fair, I must say that all of Sophie Hannah's heroines are a diverse group of women and their circumstances and the situations they find themselves in are nicely varied.

Of course the detectives of the Culver Valley police force, Sophie Hannah's serial characters, became involved. When I first started reading this series I wasn't too taken with them, but they have grown on me. It may be a problem that I read the books out of order, but it look me a while to realise that they formed a series. Certainly the blurbs gave nothing away.

In the early part of the book I felt that a little too much time was spent on their ongoing storylines, but things soon settled down and setting their perceptions and discoveries against Connie's worked very well.

The story twisted and turned in quite extraordinary ways. Some were "aha" twists, some were "ooh" twists, and some were "what on earth" twists. One - the one about the addresses - stretched credulity a little too far, but clever plotting, interesting characters and excellent writing kept me turning the pages. I was enthralled, and baffled.

The final twist was very clever and the conclusion dramatic. It had been foreshadowed at the beginning of the book and yet it retained the element of surprise. Very, very clever.

I raced through Lasting Damage and I loved it, but it wasn't quite perfect.

A little too much felt familiar, and I could draw rather too many comparisons with other books in this series.

Some familiarity is good of course, and Lasting Damage is a very, very good book. But I know that Sophie Hannah can write so well, and I am quite sure that she doesn't need a safety net, and that if she could change just a little more she could advance from very, very good to excellent.

But, of course, she can write whatever she likes, and whatever she writes I will most definitely read.

[Krystle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating premise, however, the character's motivations made very little sense to me.