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Gah! struggling, as I often do, over whether to give it 3 stars or 4... I'm gonna go with 4 coz it really engrossed me, was always wanting to come back to it, sign of a good read
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Bleak, yet thoroughly compelling story about Patrick, a young man who doesn't quite beling in the world and how he came to commit murder. Hyland's use of first person present tense puts the reader smack bang in Patrick's head and while it's not a great place to be, I couldn't not empathise with this character. His perceptions and observations are almost autistic. My only criticism is that Patrick is almost identical to the female lead in, How the Light Gets In. It'll be interesting to see if the
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Aug 02, 2009
Penni Russon
marked it as to-read
Dec 23, 2009
Gino
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Feb 10, 2010
Aimee
marked it as to-read
Jan 20, 2011
Lauren
marked it as tbr-longlist
Oct 01, 2013
Donna
marked it as to-read
