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Quinn by Em Strang - 2* - My Review

This strange novel is short and poetically written while containing extremely dark subject matter. We spend time in the head of Quinn, a man imprisoned for murder in Ireland. He is mentally unstable and does not believe his victim (a woman he knew for many years) is dead. The deceased’s mother decides to do something very unusual, and Quinn ends up living with her. The author is a poet, and it shows in her writing. This is her debut novel. Strang is clearly a talented writer, but I did not enjoy reading this book. There is too much disturbing content for my taste. I can take disturbing material if it is occasionally offset by something positive, but there is little hope or optimism to be found here. It includes the deaths of many animals, but thankfully, the death of the victim is only indirectly described. It attempts to address the theme of forgiveness, but it does not quite work. I think I need to create a shelf for “misery” books.

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