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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Brilliant book! Brilliant book! The best book I've read in a very long time. If you liked reading To Kill a Mocking Bird, and The Grapes of Wrath, you'll like reading A Quiet Belief in Angels.
It's written from the perspective of Joseph Vaughan who lives in a small town in Georgia that is experiencing a series of child murders. The narrative begins when Joseph is 12 years old, when one of his school friends is the first to be murdered.
The book is more about the affect these murders have on the lives of the... more info
Heartbreakingly good One of the best books I've read in a long time. Sad, and depressing at times,you wonder just how the boy manages to live through all his heartbreak. I liked the style of writing, as many reviewers have already mentioned, it reminded me of To Kill a Mockingbird, my favourite book of all times. I didn't really think of it as a crime novel, which I don't normally like, but it was a good thriller and had my heart racing at times in anticipation of what was going to happen to Joseph next. I will now be reading... more info
A rollercoaster in more ways than one Where to start. First the positive. It's a page turner, at times gripping, emotive and enthralling. I raced through it to find out how it would end.
Now the bad, by turns it had me in tears of emotion and others tears of laughter at the cliched, stereotypical and clunky characterisation. At the beginning it reminded me of the great Cormac McCarthy but later more a Mills and Boon bodice ripper! Being seduced and taken to bed by his teacher, who then becomes his lover. PLEASE! I could almost hear Bobby... more info
A rollercoaster of losing interest and being gripped! I would say I am 50/50 on this book whilst I wouldn't rave about it to a friend I would say its good for a holiday read.
I kept going through parts where I couldn't wait to read it and parts where I thought come on, I'm bored!
Its very well written but it could be half as long.
