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A review by clare_tan_wenhui
The Glorious Heresies by Lisa McInerney
3.0
Strictly speaking a 3.5
This was a tad unlikable book, with all the characters I was largely unable to relate to, some characters being downright disgusting. However, the payoff finally arrived in the final chapter when I understood the larger scheme of things behind the book. Ultimately, this book isn't about the individual characters, it is about the state of that nation itself, how screwed up as a whole it is. And even then, as the protagonist Maureen declares. She has had enough of this mad circle of messed up-ness, and it has to stop, starting with her efforts to fix Ryan Cusack.
This was a tad unlikable book, with all the characters I was largely unable to relate to, some characters being downright disgusting. However, the payoff finally arrived in the final chapter when I understood the larger scheme of things behind the book. Ultimately, this book isn't about the individual characters, it is about the state of that nation itself, how screwed up as a whole it is. And even then, as the protagonist Maureen declares. She has had enough of this mad circle of messed up-ness, and it has to stop, starting with her efforts to fix Ryan Cusack.