A review by melsshelves
Shell Game by Rumaan Alam
1.0
What in the pedophiliac crap did I just endure?
"The next time he sees her, Harper will be a teenager, quiet and awkward. They will linger in the parking lot behind a motel in their church clothes, Sasha furious and brittle, Rachel sniffling and resigned, Mark silent with guilt. What, though, could he have done?"
To clarify this direct quote: Harper (Sasha's child) is a fcking baby he keeps magically ending up holding on his lap on this vacation and the story ends with the MC Mark day dreaming about messing around with his teenage niece behind a church while she's sitting on his lap?! Excuse me, wtf?!
The subject matter isn't the only issue at hand - the writing is staccato and abrupt, as with the storytelling style. It feels like you're on the verge of something terrible happening but nothing happens. I truly don't understand how this was added to this otherwise great psychological thriller collection and highly recommend pretending it doesn't exist.
"The next time he sees her, Harper will be a teenager, quiet and awkward. They will linger in the parking lot behind a motel in their church clothes, Sasha furious and brittle, Rachel sniffling and resigned, Mark silent with guilt. What, though, could he have done?"
To clarify this direct quote: Harper (Sasha's child) is a fcking baby he keeps magically ending up holding on his lap on this vacation and the story ends with the MC Mark day dreaming about messing around with his teenage niece behind a church while she's sitting on his lap?! Excuse me, wtf?!
The subject matter isn't the only issue at hand - the writing is staccato and abrupt, as with the storytelling style. It feels like you're on the verge of something terrible happening but nothing happens. I truly don't understand how this was added to this otherwise great psychological thriller collection and highly recommend pretending it doesn't exist.