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thatpinkreader · 6 months ago

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The proof of my innocence 4.5⭐️

This book was an easy one, not in that it was boring or too simple but in that all the pieces seemed to line up at the end and perfectly fit, it was a very well thought out and made plot with even the change between point of view to a past novel to written entries feeling seamless, the centre portion of the book was the weakest as it lost what was most important to the books success, its satirical reference and for some could be viewed as totally useless and unnecessary but as someone who enjoyed the first person perspective that being from Christopher Swann and enjoyed his and other characters it kept me thoroughly engaged and interested, though in retrospect could have been shortened. Every word of this book felt carefully planned out and necessary, the timing felt perfect and kept the pace of the book at a constant drive, the 49 day PM ship of Liz Truss, it kept the book perfectly signposted and gave the reader an accurate perspective of how long events took which personally I do enjoy. The bounce between the main characters and even the time changing from Cambridge in the 80s to Monaco in 2022 managed to not feel like a lot, which may be a weakness, the characters while mildly different did not exactly have the most different voices and styles, that may have been what kept the book from a 5 star rating. The ending though confusing felt fitting, the crime (which we now know was factional) which was the focal point and real centre of the book was in a way true, though the character was not killed in a gruesome dramatic murder with hidden identities and secret passages the ending hinting that his death was not so clean cut as the reader was led to believe in the epilogue feels neat and a good way to end. Overall it is a very good book which is thoroughly entertaining and could be read a lot quicker than I did and would be a good recommendation to any liberal under 30 who had the horror or living through post Covid 2022 and also is impartial to the genre of crime.

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