crabbygirl reviewed The Bishop's Man by Linden MacIntyre
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2 stars
it was long, it was dense, and it left me unsatisfied.
of course, that may be the point - life isn't usually a satisfactory 'all-comes-together' sort of thing...
it's about the priests who abused those young boys and the man who cleans up the mess they leave behind. but also about all the frailties and flaws of priests, whether it be alcohol, gambling, getting your housekeeper pregnant.
there was alot of anger that was left undirected. so many things that characters didn't say to each other. in fact i felt sure the author had characters lie to us (the reader) but i couldn't see the point. especially if this same character was looking for connection, intimacy. that starts with honesty.
and there was this twist where the perpetrator was a victim too but i really didn't like that explaination. too pat. too..bad things happen everywhere.
yeah. unsatisfied. maybe even unsettled.
