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A review by ailsabristow
The Hiding Place by Trezza Azzopardi
2.0
I studied this as part of course at uni: we were covering "contemporary literature" which involved having the writers (who just so happen to teach at UEA) coming and talking to us about a novel of their own, and a novel by another author that inspired them, although Trezza Azzopardi chose not to do this.
Anyway, although I found Azzopardi herself very interesting, and engaged with many of her ideas and themes (such as memory, reconstructing the past etc), I really struggled to stay involved with this book, especially in its second half, which at times feels like unneccessary exposition: laying bare all the subtly hinted at horrors of the first half, that could have been all the more powerful if they had just been left to stand alone.
Anyway, although I found Azzopardi herself very interesting, and engaged with many of her ideas and themes (such as memory, reconstructing the past etc), I really struggled to stay involved with this book, especially in its second half, which at times feels like unneccessary exposition: laying bare all the subtly hinted at horrors of the first half, that could have been all the more powerful if they had just been left to stand alone.