A review by mturney1010
Incendiary, by Chris Cleave
2.0
I would maybe knock it up to 2.5 stars. It was incredibly gripping, but the use of sex as a crutch to deal with anxiety is a bit much, and you end up feeling less sympathetic towards the narrator because of it. The scene where she is basically sexually assaulted in a bathroom and just lets the guy do it (and then get away with it when the cop comes in) was a bit unbelievable.
She is incredibly dry, which I enjoy, but the subject matter was so dark, even for me. I connected to her on a certain level, which is why it was difficult to read. I found myself pretty depressed,and thinking a lot about the Sandy Hook kids (unrelated to the story) and thinking of my oldest daughter who was close to the age of her son who died. I look forward to reading Chris Cleave's Little Bee because I enjoyed his writing for the most part but it was riddled with unnecessary profanity and sex which I found distracting from a gripping story.
She is incredibly dry, which I enjoy, but the subject matter was so dark, even for me. I connected to her on a certain level, which is why it was difficult to read. I found myself pretty depressed,and thinking a lot about the Sandy Hook kids (unrelated to the story) and thinking of my oldest daughter who was close to the age of her son who died. I look forward to reading Chris Cleave's Little Bee because I enjoyed his writing for the most part but it was riddled with unnecessary profanity and sex which I found distracting from a gripping story.