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Dec 30, 2021 07:18PM
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The Way it is Now by Garry Disher
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I really enjoyed this one, hoping it becomes a series.
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Not that I need another series to read! LOL
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My review for Garry Disher's latest terrific rural crime novel. Hope he's planning a sequel for Charlie Deravin.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Love his writing style, it's so easily accessible. Not too happy about the rapid ending, it feels unfinished.I knew Noel had to be up to something back then otherwise he wouldn't have been mentioned at all, but our eyes were very carefully drawn away from him. I'm not sure about Liam - if he was so sure his father had killed his mother, why didn't he mention seeing him sooner, might have saved them all some grief.
I didn't really like any of the characters, even Charlie gave me the irrits, but I wouldn't say 'no' to seeing what he gets up to next.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This book took me back to my childhood of times away at a beach house in Dromana and a caravan in Rosebud.The pace is a slow roll. So yes the ending did seem a bit rushed and unfinished,( it was a bit like oh dear I'm at page x and I need to wrap things up). I can't see Charlie as a counselor , he seems more empathetic to himself rather than demonstrating it to others.
But it was a 5 star read until the end. 4 ☀
As usual, when it comes to Disher, a great read, a great sense of place and time. An area I remember well, having spent my childhood years on the bay. Agree with others that the ending was tied up pretty quickly, and didn't really see it coming.
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