etienne02 's review for:

A Burning in The Darkness by A P McGrath
4.0

This is why I love to read less knows author, so, from time to time, you can discover great book like this one. We follow Michael Kieh, a priest, that gets involve into some strange murders cases (don’t want to say too much for not risking spoiling anything) and then, in one every two chapters, we goes in his past to see his childhood in Liberia. The crime part of it was good but it isn’t what makes it great. The strong element of this book is its characters. Strong, well develop, original, none of them fell into clichés or anything like that. How many have a priest has a main character? There are also a lot of others elements that make it stand out of the lot in a good way. The airport setting is very unique, I didn’t even knew that they’re like priest mostly living in some of those big airport, original and educational, loved it! There is also the background of the Liberia social and violence problem that bring, again, something original, and something that need to be talked about because this situation is real, been going on for years and there are real life as staked, real people living hell in that part of the world. The tension is well use and put into place in a good that even if sometimes the story feel a bit out of rhythm (there is a lot of dialog, maybe a bit too much, so that slow down the pace a little, even if the dialog are well masters by the author). A story about love, in different form, resilience, faith, redemption, and so many others things. A story that goes beyond a genre and even if not perfect, a strong novel that deserved every minutes it takes to read. An author worth discovering!