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A review by taygus
You Don't Know Me by Imran Mahmood
3.0
2.5, Plenty of flaws but I liked it well enough.
Audiobook*
My first problem with the book is that most closing speeches are 2 hours long, but I would've been fine with an almost 8 hour speech...if it was 1, maybe 2 court days... Instead we're told its over 10 days... did he say more we didn't get to hear? what happened, why were the days so short?
Second problem is there's no way any judge would've let the accused ramble on like this. And he did ramble.
He also swore alot, and by the end, didn't even apologize for it.
Lastly that end
It was a lil predictable, about a third of the way I was already thinking
What I did like tho was the authors skill in making the main character and life feel real from whats mainly a monologue.
I liked the accent choice. And I liked the message that many people don't choose the gang life, they get trapped into it.
It was more street life than court room drama, tho.
The audiobook was well read.
Audiobook*
My first problem with the book is that most closing speeches are 2 hours long, but I would've been fine with an almost 8 hour speech...if it was 1, maybe 2 court days... Instead we're told its over 10 days... did he say more we didn't get to hear? what happened, why were the days so short?
Second problem is there's no way any judge would've let the accused ramble on like this. And he did ramble.
He also swore alot, and by the end, didn't even apologize for it.
Lastly that end
Spoiler
MI5, really? I mean gosh, they coulve went with Keira being part of an upcoming gang and wanting to clear the competition...not the goverment setting him up. Unless of course the main character is telling us lies.It was a lil predictable, about a third of the way I was already thinking
Spoiler
that it was the girlWhat I did like tho was the authors skill in making the main character and life feel real from whats mainly a monologue.
I liked the accent choice. And I liked the message that many people don't choose the gang life, they get trapped into it.
It was more street life than court room drama, tho.
The audiobook was well read.