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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
I’m going to read everything by Belinda Bauer. She’s absolutely amazing.
This book is a perfectly balanced mix of compassion, humor, and mystery. Lovely.
This book is a perfectly balanced mix of compassion, humor, and mystery. Lovely.
A fun, simple but easy to read caper. i finished it in a weekend and greatly enjoyed it. The premise of exiteers was interesting and the 75 year old protagonist was delightful.
Exit by Belinda Bauer was a testament to humour and the conflicting need to do the right thing. Felix, a man that has known his share of hardship in the world with the deaths of both his wife and son longs to do some good in the world. He watched his son depart painfully and doesn’t wish to see others in that position, so after much deliberation, he joins the exiteers. A group that believes stringently in euthanasia and the right to choose. Bauer has created a tightly plotted and dark story that shows investigates the complexities of aided suicide.
Exit is as complex as it is touching. Aided Euthanasia is a hot topic, but Bauer tackles it with black humour and grief. Felix is a retired 75-year-old who is allocated a client to sit with while they take their final breath. They are not allowed to aid them in taking their life, they only sit and watch, provide comfort, and a feeling of not being alone. They only have one guideline – to stay within the confines of the law. It’s always gone to plan until one day he gets a new colleague, Amanda and they attend the suicide of Skipper Cann.
Felix is in a real sticky position. He doesn’t know what to do. Nothing has ever gone wrong and now he is faced with the unbelievable. He runs, not knowing if it is the right thing to do or not, he panics. He needs to get away and reassess just what has happened and why it’s gone wrong. He needs to take stock, contact his boss, and get advice. Should he hand himself in to the police or should he be lying low? He wishes his wife was still around to help, she would know what to do.
Exit excels in its characterisation. Felix is a wonderful man, who is constantly thinking of others, incredibly mannerly, and with a moral compass that never wavers. His inner voice had me cracking up and I found myself warming to him immediately. The kind of man that everyone would want as a grandparent.
DC Calvin Bridge is a character not as heart-warming as Felix, but he has his charm. He is temporarily in charge of running the investigation (albeit reluctantly) he has his problems, a troubling history but a keen and caring attitude to policing.
Exit was dark, gripping with a healthy injection of black humour. A story that is unswerving in its character-based narrative, its contemporary nature makes the reader face up to the obscene realities of death and grief.
Exit is as complex as it is touching. Aided Euthanasia is a hot topic, but Bauer tackles it with black humour and grief. Felix is a retired 75-year-old who is allocated a client to sit with while they take their final breath. They are not allowed to aid them in taking their life, they only sit and watch, provide comfort, and a feeling of not being alone. They only have one guideline – to stay within the confines of the law. It’s always gone to plan until one day he gets a new colleague, Amanda and they attend the suicide of Skipper Cann.
Felix is in a real sticky position. He doesn’t know what to do. Nothing has ever gone wrong and now he is faced with the unbelievable. He runs, not knowing if it is the right thing to do or not, he panics. He needs to get away and reassess just what has happened and why it’s gone wrong. He needs to take stock, contact his boss, and get advice. Should he hand himself in to the police or should he be lying low? He wishes his wife was still around to help, she would know what to do.
Exit excels in its characterisation. Felix is a wonderful man, who is constantly thinking of others, incredibly mannerly, and with a moral compass that never wavers. His inner voice had me cracking up and I found myself warming to him immediately. The kind of man that everyone would want as a grandparent.
DC Calvin Bridge is a character not as heart-warming as Felix, but he has his charm. He is temporarily in charge of running the investigation (albeit reluctantly) he has his problems, a troubling history but a keen and caring attitude to policing.
Exit was dark, gripping with a healthy injection of black humour. A story that is unswerving in its character-based narrative, its contemporary nature makes the reader face up to the obscene realities of death and grief.
The pacing of this story was soooooo freaking slow. At times I drifted off (while listening to the audio) only to find not much progress had been made in the story. But, this was a good story and if you can stick with it I think you’ll enjoy it!
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The topic is one that seems heavy and at first I wasn’t sure I’d get through a book with such an off-putting topic. However, the concept is just the vehicle for this story and the author did well writing a story centered around this topic that became a 5-star book that I couldn’t put down. The story is told from the point of view of the main character in the summary as well as a law enforcement officer trying to solve a case. It is interesting, thought provoking, and humorous. There were quite a few twists that elicited gasps of shock from me. This book could be considered either a thriller/suspense or mystery in my opinion. I think books like this are the gateway to thrillers for me but I’m really not going to go past the entrance and this book hangs out in the threshold while still having the “he did what?!” “What was she THINKING??” aspect of some very twisted minds. This was the second book by Belinda Bauer that I’ve read. Yet again, she took a topic that made me squeamish (last time it was Snap) with a thriller feel and wrote a book that kept me interested, tugged my heart strings, made me laugh, and ended giving me surprising feel goods and hope for the main character. I’m planning to read at least one other that once again deals with a topic/genre I’m not a fan of but I look forward to seeing what the author does next with Rubbernecker! I’d be curious to discuss thoughts on the ending of this book with anyone who reads/has read it. Once again I was squeamish but also really impressed and thought it was…clever?
3 1/2 stars. I was hooked from the first page and finished it in a few days. Good plane book. Very English. I read a positive review of the audiobook, but I read it in print. A mystery with humor.
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
emotional
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No