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This book took a while to hook me. The writing was good, but the beginning does drag with lengthy descriptions prior to any major plot developments. I stayed with it, though.
I recommend the book largely because it portrayed a father's dilemma between his duty to country and his duty to humanity in a way that was emotionally wrenching. His and his daughter's inability to speak freely about certain events (for very different reasons) changed the outcome of a murder investigation in a way that caused justice to take a detour.
Be forewarned that there are situations of sexual abuse of young girls in this book. It was certainly not gratuitous and was handled very well by the author, I thought. While I don't normally read novels of that nature, I was able to handle this one. It's disturbing, but in a way that is very central to why the events happened as they did.
I recommend the book largely because it portrayed a father's dilemma between his duty to country and his duty to humanity in a way that was emotionally wrenching. His and his daughter's inability to speak freely about certain events (for very different reasons) changed the outcome of a murder investigation in a way that caused justice to take a detour.
Be forewarned that there are situations of sexual abuse of young girls in this book. It was certainly not gratuitous and was handled very well by the author, I thought. While I don't normally read novels of that nature, I was able to handle this one. It's disturbing, but in a way that is very central to why the events happened as they did.
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