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A review by pgchuis
Reconstruction by Mick Herron
2.0
A man with a gun, Jaime, enters a nursery school in Oxford and holds five people hostage. He will only deal with Ben, an MI6 accountant, who gradually works out Jaime's story and what he wants.
I found myself skimming this from quite early on. It was pretty slow and, while we got to know each of the adult hostages fairly well, they just petered out at the end. What happened to Judy? Did she ever find out her involvement? What happened to Eldon and Chris' marriage? Should we care?
The big twist was fairly good, I suppose, but the details of the whole money/Iraq/MI6 escaped me a bit (possibly due to skimming!) Was the very ending intended to be ambiguous?
I found myself skimming this from quite early on. It was pretty slow and, while we got to know each of the adult hostages fairly well, they just petered out at the end. What happened to Judy? Did she ever find out her involvement? What happened to Eldon and Chris' marriage? Should we care?
The big twist was fairly good, I suppose, but the details of the whole money/Iraq/MI6 escaped me a bit (possibly due to skimming!) Was the very ending intended to be ambiguous?