A review by thebooktrail88
Black Widow by Christopher Brookmyre
5.0
Well if this is not the twistiest, darkest, cleverest of books I've read in a long while. Ok, so these might not be actual words but my head is still reeling from that ending that I still can't speak properly.
Genius is my one word review. So blinking clever. Characters superb - I believe in every single one, I was led down every single dark alley, tricked into not believing what was right in front of my eyes and believing what I thought was real. I reread chapters and still didn't spot the clues. Ha! I am going to have to cool down my mystery loving brain for a few days and read some lighter stuff - to cool off the overthinking neurons as they're all fired up now.
Not surprised at all to see it won the Bloody Scotland award last year, It's on the list for Harrogate this year - it would be my winner.
Genius is my one word review. So blinking clever. Characters superb - I believe in every single one, I was led down every single dark alley, tricked into not believing what was right in front of my eyes and believing what I thought was real. I reread chapters and still didn't spot the clues. Ha! I am going to have to cool down my mystery loving brain for a few days and read some lighter stuff - to cool off the overthinking neurons as they're all fired up now.
Not surprised at all to see it won the Bloody Scotland award last year, It's on the list for Harrogate this year - it would be my winner.