"A sobbing young woman lurched forward as though she'd been resting her forehead on the door and fell straight into Stan's arms, like a daughter."
I was tempted to seek out a copy of Moriarty's latest novel after watching her interview with Annabel Crabb at the Sydney Opera House. It is fantastic to see a local author succeed in such a large way globally and yet I don't think this is her best work.
The story starts out with good pacing and a high degree of suspense that peters out as the plot unwinds. Certain chapters would not have been out of place in a television soapie, with an overdose of cliffhanger at the end of most chapters.
A rather weighty tome that could have benefitted from more editing, if only to keep things a little tighter.
3 out of 5, apples won't keep the doctor away.
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