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I would wager that West-Knights herself is a drama kid at heart and they should know that this idea is a little bit tired.
Tom and Billie’s memories, vivid with the clarity that childhood shame or fear can retain, are therefore presented with the same immediacy as the days of limbo between death and funeral.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. A brilliant page-turner - I also wanted to pause every few paragraphs and read aloud as a treat for whoever happened to be sitting next to me. We learn, for instance, that when Queen Elizabeth II died, the state trumpeters were on a plane to Canada and the bearer party was in Iraq. Don't get me wrong, I do think that there are some really touching and relatable moments in this book.
The withholding of information is masterfully sustained as we come to understand why they have responded to their father’s death with such profound ambiguity.When their explorations lead them to the infamous Paris catacombs, they will finally be forced to face the secrets lurking in their past that illuminate the questions in their present.