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deliabarryWhat Came Before He Shot Her
by Elizabeth George
This book is a prequel to With No One As Witness, and details the life of Joel, the boy who shot and killed Helen Lynley.
I tried, I really did, but I only got through 96 of this book's 699 pages before I gave up. It's not that the book is poorly written, I don't think Elizabeth George is capable of poor writing, it's just such a depressing book. Living in the slums of London, with a dead father, a mother in a mental hospital, abandoned by the grandmother who had been raising him, and finally living with a well-intentioned but clueless aunt, George piles on one disaster after another in this boy's life; it just seems he really didn't have a chance.
George's books are always engrossing, well written, and worth any effort. I may well come back to this in the future. But for now, I've had enough of it.
by Elizabeth George
This book is a prequel to With No One As Witness, and details the life of Joel, the boy who shot and killed Helen Lynley.
I tried, I really did, but I only got through 96 of this book's 699 pages before I gave up. It's not that the book is poorly written, I don't think Elizabeth George is capable of poor writing, it's just such a depressing book. Living in the slums of London, with a dead father, a mother in a mental hospital, abandoned by the grandmother who had been raising him, and finally living with a well-intentioned but clueless aunt, George piles on one disaster after another in this boy's life; it just seems he really didn't have a chance.
George's books are always engrossing, well written, and worth any effort. I may well come back to this in the future. But for now, I've had enough of it.
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