Currently reading
Roman Blood
Progress:
171/401 pages
Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child
Progress:
208/557 pages
Avant-gardes du XXe siècle: arts & littérature, 1905-1930
Caesar's Commentaries: On the Gallic War and On the Civil War
Les bûchers de Bocanegra
The Songs of the Kings
Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories: Volumes I and II
The Hobbit
Nineteen Seventy Four (Red Riding: 1974, Quartet 1)
Dark, so dark and brutal. Grey and muddy. Violence, corruption and desperation, all rolled up into a story line that grips you and doesn't let go of you until the end. It can not end differently and it's bleak and horrible. I'll definitely read the second novel but not for a few months. The images Peace put in my head need to fade. The young reporter's life is forever spoiled and destroyed. Collateral damage in a huge violence spree where murders, assassinations, corruption, killing for sport, sexual assaults are just a few of the weapons used by businessman, policemen, sociopaths, politicians and hangers-on in a power struggle to end all power struggle. Gritty writing, without any compromise. It's dark, it's violent and you have to continue reading to get to the end of this tale. The violence, corruption and cheer evil will give you images to feed your nightmares. It did mine.
