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A review by courtneyreviewsbooks
Origin by Diana Abu-Jaber
5.0
I don't normally read a whole lot of Adult Fiction, but this was a nice change from my usual YA fantasy readings.
Lena, the main character, is around 33, and believes that she was raised by Gorillas until she was about 3, when she was placed in a foster home. She carries much resentment toward her foster parents, because they never adopted her, despite her living with them until she was an adult.
Separated from her cheating husband, very introverted and anti-social, her job as a Lab technician specializing in fingerprinting keeps her occupied most of the time. When a string of SIDS deaths hits a particular neighborhood, Lena gets called in to investigate.
This was a well-written, solid book that dealt with trauma and loss and pain, yet kept the characters real. Lena isn't that likeable and isn't likeable at the end. The ending wasn't happy for me, it was rather sad. I didn't feel any better or worse for Lena, and maybe that was the point?
Lena, the main character, is around 33, and believes that she was raised by Gorillas until she was about 3, when she was placed in a foster home. She carries much resentment toward her foster parents, because they never adopted her, despite her living with them until she was an adult.
Separated from her cheating husband, very introverted and anti-social, her job as a Lab technician specializing in fingerprinting keeps her occupied most of the time. When a string of SIDS deaths hits a particular neighborhood, Lena gets called in to investigate.
This was a well-written, solid book that dealt with trauma and loss and pain, yet kept the characters real. Lena isn't that likeable and isn't likeable at the end. The ending wasn't happy for me, it was rather sad. I didn't feel any better or worse for Lena, and maybe that was the point?