Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder in Aussie Readers

Sep 01, 2023 PattyMacDotComma rated it really liked it

Shelves: audio-while-reading, australian-author, fiction, aa-ce, kindle, aa

3.5~4★
“Lenny ran her fingers over the smoothness of the envelope. Adult Parole Board Victoria was emblazoned proudly in the top right corner, as if this was a regular and not at all concerning place from which to receive mail.”

It’s not only the sender that’s concerning, it’s the name and address of the receiver. It’s addressed to Helena Winters and arrived at the school where Lenny Marks teaches. It’s for Lenny.

I enjoyed the beginning of this book, meeting Lenny and trying to figure out her char ...more

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Mar 08, 2023 Helen rated it really liked it

Shelves: review-copy-from-publisher

I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know Lenny in this wonderful debut, Lenny is different, caring and finds it hard to make friends, but there is a really good reason for Lenny to be like this and I highly recommend that you get to know her and the other fabulous characters that are part of the story.

For twenty five years she has done her best to not think about the day her mother left her when she was just eleven years old the last words her step father said to her were “you did this” and it repla ...more

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Aug 31, 2023 Janine rated it really liked it

I really enjoyed this book. Didn’t know what to expect when I started reading it but ended up loving it! Lenny Marks is a flawed character having experienced major trauma when she was only 11 years old. Now in her thirties and a primary school teacher in the Dandenong she lives a very orderly life and is comfortable on her routine - as bizarre as it is.
She firmly believes she murdered her stepfather and needs to pay a price for that in the way of isolation. Here we learn gradually of what actual ...more

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May 03, 2023 Rina rated it it was amazing

I kept getting told that this would be a 5-star read, so I was a bit anxious that I’d have too high of an expectation coming in. I shouldn’t have worried.

Thirty-seven-year-old Lenny Marks preferred contentment and order over the unreliability of happiness and the messiness of relationships. She taught at the local primary school during the day, and played Scrabble with her imaginary friend from Friends at night. Then, out of the blue, a letter arrived from the Adult Parole Board which she couldn ...more

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Oct 04, 2024 Kalliste rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: australian, fiction

Lenny has some great people in her life, but she's too stuck in her routine to see it. Her routine helps her cope with the trauma of her childhood though.
I loved learning more and more about Lenny and why she was the way she way.
Also the kind people in her life who kept being there for her even when she pushed them away.

Not really sure why she decided to (view spoiler) ...more

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