So lately I have finished. a Chet and Bernie Mystery, To Fetch a Thief by Spencer Quinn, which was great, a YA title, When She Woke by Hillary Jordan, which was terrific, and a book group book, Finn, by Jon Clinch, which was disturbing. Of these three I really expected to love Finn so I guess that is why I was sooooo disappointed. I love (and remember well) Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain and while Clinch has captured Twain's style of writing and the dialect of the time (and place) the path the story takes is so hard to read. It really was the stuff of nightmares.
To Fetch a Thief was really good. I just love all of the Chet and Bernie mysteries. Quinn has not let us down in any of his books. I can't wait for the next one. When She Woke is a futuristic Scarlet Letter. I thought it was a bit preachy at first but found out it just telling the story of where our society could go. Totally believable and a bit scary.
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