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A review by jfbfsf
Garnethill by Denise Mina
3.0
It was a solid crime novel. I hesitate to call it a thriller because it never felt all that thrilling, but I didn't know who did it, or how it would turn out, and I wanted to keep turning the pages.
As an aside, I will note that I'm not sure if it's this author, or just British/Irish/Scottish authors in general, but at times I had some trouble following along because of language difficulties. There are words that clearly don't mean what I think they mean, but I don't really have any way to look them up, since they're technically English. Very small examples are lorry for truck, chips for fries (right?) a fag for a cigarette... but surprisingly often I came across words that actually hindered my understanding of the action. 37 uses later I still don't quite know what "close" means. A lobby? A hallway? A block? A courtyard?
I also found the end, while satisfying, to be oddly short of drama.
But like I said - I enjoyed reading it.
As an aside, I will note that I'm not sure if it's this author, or just British/Irish/Scottish authors in general, but at times I had some trouble following along because of language difficulties. There are words that clearly don't mean what I think they mean, but I don't really have any way to look them up, since they're technically English. Very small examples are lorry for truck, chips for fries (right?) a fag for a cigarette... but surprisingly often I came across words that actually hindered my understanding of the action. 37 uses later I still don't quite know what "close" means. A lobby? A hallway? A block? A courtyard?
I also found the end, while satisfying, to be oddly short of drama.
But like I said - I enjoyed reading it.