A Good Person
Think I checked this out of the library, never read it, and then it popped up again as a suggestion. In a momentary fugue, I opened it up and was instantly intrigued, as much by the voice as the subject material itself, putatively, the story.
The nature of relationships, at one point in life, the very nature of the relationships, that matters. Hook-ups, fly-by-nights, drive-bys, and the ubiquitous one-night-stand — all under scrutiny in the opening of the novel.
“I wish he was dead!”
Who hasn’t suggested that, on occasion? Well, not me, but I’m sure I’ve been on the receiving end of such ill will. Not by choice, nor intent, but that doesn’t matter, not now. The story unfolds that the stalker-like lover is all that’s left, and therefore?
“Basically, if there were human beings, there was a need for revenge.” Page 151.
True.
Twisty little tale set against the current climates, and yet, just weird enough to catch my attention, the author’s tone, the voice? Beautifully set. I mean, beautifully set with a strange outcome and plot that twists back upon itself, and the pacing, the structure is a well-wrought murder-mystery packaged as psychological thriller. A noir novel?
Darkly comic, in my own mind. Brutally so.
