amy_haynes's Reviews (709)

Fun enough idea and characters, but the pacing seemed a bit all over the place. 

Unremarkable. 

I surprised myself by really enjoying this one. Though the plot/storyline isn't one I would ordinarily go for I loved how it was written. The language was so evocative of place and character, I could feel the suffocating humidity. The structure and rhythm of the writing was hypnotic drawing me on to read further. It a sign of a well written book when my brain struggles to snap back to reality when not reading and that was the case with this one. I spent so much time in Esch's head, hypnotised into her mindset that it was hard to return to my own. Probably not a book I would read again but one I'm really glad I did read. 

Such great characterisation and storytelling helped by spectacular narration by Tim Pigott-Smith. The only thing that I felt let it down was the speed of the ending. 

A really fascinating read. It really took the idea of male/female power dynamics and fully explored the flipside. The jumping around across people and times was at times confusing but most felt well fleshed out.