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A review by radbear76
The Vanishing Triangle by Claire McGowan
2.0
This book is supposed to be about women who vanished in a specific area of Ireland in the 1990s. However the author spends most of it talking about cases from outside the timeframe or the area to help make her points. She also uses these cases as a means of discussing problems in wider Irish society. I would have been fine with this but the book lacks a structure and jumps all over the place. My guess is she started this project thinking there was a lot to it but the more research she did, the author discovered there was little information available so she began grasping for anything to support her narrative.
The author also uses the same phrases over and over again to make her points. Like a lot of true crime she thinks repeating speculations will make them true. Another source of irritation is she tries to connect the events to her own life. While these connections are meaningful to her, it doesn't add anything for the reader except for an impression she's desperate for a feeling of connection to larger events.
Skip this one.
The author also uses the same phrases over and over again to make her points. Like a lot of true crime she thinks repeating speculations will make them true. Another source of irritation is she tries to connect the events to her own life. While these connections are meaningful to her, it doesn't add anything for the reader except for an impression she's desperate for a feeling of connection to larger events.
Skip this one.