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Dec 22, 2017gloryb rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Interesting how Robinson draws on current events and puts them into his novel. This novel is set during the rainy season in the midlands that resulted in much flooding. The novel certainly captures the reader's attention with the shooting of the wedding party as they leave the church. Robinson later has his characters refer to it as the "Red Wedding" which reminded me of such a scene in one of the episodes of "Game of Thrones". Robinson throws too much filler into this book that I was not interested in reading about - many comments about songs/singers/musical pieces, much drinking in pubs with friends or having drinks in their homes with every drink named, many dinners out with friends in which the menu is extensively described, reflections on certain lines in poems that offer insight into past events in Banks' life, and then the long story about his first love as a teen and its consequences. In between these ramblings, Robinson does have his police team slowly making some headway in identifying the murderer and finally, just a few pages from the end, the story comes to a dramatic conclusion. I skipped many paragraphs and pages to follow the plot, so a quick read, but not one that was totally satisfying.