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A review by angelfireeast24
Original Sin by P.D. James
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Bullying, Infertility, Suicide, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Genocide, Child death, Classism, Death, Violence, War, Grief, Murder, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, and Confinement
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Ableism, and Classism
I have mixed feelings about the book. At times I felt it was overdrawn. Other times I really enjoyed the story. The guest characters were so unlikeable it was hard to read so much about them. I really enjoyed the angle of Jewish Detective dealing with motivation on Jewish Holocaust victims. It really made the crimes of war hammer home and angle of Daniel being the moral judge of the killer