![]() ![]() ![]() Nevertheless, I enjoyed the twists and turns of the plot, as well as Atkinson’s fresh prose. ![]() Atkinson also records much of what goes on in Tilly's mind, but this served more of a purpose, since the author is depicting a character sinking into dementia. For instance, when Jackson visits the Jervaulk Abbey, his interior monologue sounded to me as if the author were setting out her own pet peeves. At times, there seemed to be too much interiority. Atkinson seems to take sadistic pleasure in some of what he endures. For the first third of the book, it felt messy. It took me longer to warm up to Tracy and the other characters than in the previous books of the series. This point is reflected, for instance, when Tracy visits comfortably retired gangster Harry Reynolds and they share similar views of what the world is coming to. This puts them both outside of the law, but as the plot unfolds, it’s questionable whether anyone is inside the law. Recently retired DCI Tracy Waterhouse and Jackson Brodie each intervene to rescue mistreated beings-one, a little girl, one, a dog. However, the inciting incidents are set in the present of the story. ![]() The case at the book’s heart dates back decades this is a technique Atkinson enjoys deploying. In this, the fourth Jackson Brodie detective story, Kate Atkinson once again assembles a small cast of characters who intersect in various ways. ![]()
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