Forty Words for Sorrow
by Giles Blunt
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Author: Giles BluntEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-06-07
ISBN: 0425206920
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Book Reviews of Forty Words for Sorrow
Book Review: A page-turner with a great sense of place, but dark and probably a guy's book
Summary: 4 Stars
I skipped whole chapters because they were just too dark for me -- serial killers torturing victims.
On the other hand, I read the book straight through (aside from those chapters), because although you knew halfway through the book "who-done-it," there was a life at stake and you wondered if the police would figure it out in time. There was a wonderful sense of place -- northern Ontario in the winter -- that helped compensate for other problems with this book.
The problems included a secondary plot that was probably unnecessary and just detracted from the story -- soul-searching over right and wrong was a significant part of this book.
A more serious problem involved the female characters. I was uneasy about how women were portrayed in this book: clueless daughter who should have been suspicious; mentally ill wife (not clear why her illness was not being controlled by medications); female cop apparently without much in the way of conscience or loyalty; ugly loser willing to do anything for her man; grannie in bed, whiny, demanding, and neglected... I think perhaps that the author believed he was portraying at least some of the women positively, but I would have to question that. Of course, few characters in this book come off very well, so it might be argued that the men in this book are just as bad. I think we're supposed to like the flawed hero-detective, but this character didn't make up for the problems with the women in this book. I think sometimes men have trouble writing about women, and that may have been the problem -- or subliminal misogyny.
I expect I'll be reading more in the series, however.
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