Tuesday 8 February 2022

After the End by Clare Mackintosh

 



Read January/February 2022. Book I owned but since donated.

3/5 stars


This was a very strange book. Pip and Max are a married couple whose 3 year old son, Dylan, has cancer. It soon comes to a point that it's time to choose what to do next. Pip and Max sadly disagree on what to do and a court case soon comes.


What follows is a Sliding Doors-esque alternating chapter dual narrative following each outcome after the trial.


The layout change did confuse me for a moment but it was kind of interesting to see the similarities/differences between the two futures.


There was one character who we got to know who was then dropped which was frustrating and then the ending was a bombshell and an unexplained cliffhanger all in one which annoyed me.


I do like the author's writing style though, I didn't twig until I checked GoodReads that I had already read a book by her, the other was Let Me Lie which comes under thriller and this was domestic drama.


Also interestingly I found this at work and then re-donated it back there after I'd read it and then today while looking for a book for a book stack photo on Instagram (@owls_rainbow) I found a copy on my shelf! So that one will go to work as well as it's not one I see myself re-reading.

Stef Out x


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