A review by shiradest
Believing the Lie by Elizabeth George
3.0
I've been wanting to read something by [a:Elizabeth George|1402383|Elizabeth George|http://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1235518043p2/1402383.jpg] since reading [b:Write Away: One Novelist's Approach to Fiction and the Writing Life|116685|Write Away One Novelist's Approach to Fiction and the Writing Life|Elizabeth George|http://images.gr-assets.com/books/1442785340s/116685.jpg|1848913], her book for aspiring authors. I found her advice interesting, and took copious notes, but also wanted to see more of how she implements her words to writers.
In this particular book, which did have a bit of a slow start, I found that for me, the voices of the adults were a bit hard to distinguish at times, while the voice of the boy was always easy to catch. I see what she meant about always keeping a question in the mind of the reader, but found the ending rather at loose ends, at least for my taste. It felt so ambiguous that I wondered if the book was in fact finished, until I saw the end notes.
But this book did raise many interesting social and ethical or moral questions, and I enjoyed that.
the Ides of March, 12017 HE
Shira
In this particular book, which did have a bit of a slow start, I found that for me, the voices of the adults were a bit hard to distinguish at times, while the voice of the boy was always easy to catch. I see what she meant about always keeping a question in the mind of the reader, but found the ending rather at loose ends, at least for my taste. It felt so ambiguous that I wondered if the book was in fact finished, until I saw the end notes.
But this book did raise many interesting social and ethical or moral questions, and I enjoyed that.
the Ides of March, 12017 HE
Shira