Read for CBR Bingo: Inspired by another person’s review. Two things before the review… 1. I was inspired by vel veeter’s review to do this book. vel gave it three stars; they liked it but didn’t love it. I liked it a little more and will explain why below. Here’s vel’s review: https://cannonballread.com/2018/07/do-you-think-it-could-happen-in-real-life-what-for-someone-to-have-no-conscience/ 2. I was fortunate to meet Megan Abbott at a book signing and have her sign it! It was awesome to hear her talk about the book, the process of writing, crime fiction, The […]
“…do you think it could happen in real life?” “What?” “For someone to have no conscience?”
This book is interesting in a lot of ways. For one, it’s a book that does not seem to consider itself having a male audience at all. That doesn’t mean that it’s expressly written for women or a “female audience” but it eschews a kind of default audience or anything that lines up perfectly along those lines. It’s a little hard to put into words, but rather than focusing on a audience, it has a clear voice. There are men in this story, like there […]