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A review by _askthebookbug
Snap by Belinda Bauer
4.0
| Book Review | Snap.
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"There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who think it could never happen to them. And those who know it will." - Belinda Bauer.
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How I missed reading a good thriller in just a single sitting. Snap was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and rightly so. It's dark and depressing but does manage to keep one at the edge of their seat. There's murder, robbery and lies. Lots of them so in a way nothing could have possibly gone wrong with this novel. I began reading this last afternoon and was finished before I retired for the day. That, right there goes to show how interesting the book was. Belinda's story is unique for it is interwoven delicately. It's not messy like how usually books turn out to be when there are many important characters. This one hits the right spot.
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Zack, 11 years old is left incharge of his sisters, Joy who is nine years old and Merry who's just a baby while his mother goes to make a phone call. After waiting for more than an hour in their car in the stifling heat, the three of them walk towards the nearest phone booth in an attempt to find their mom but they soon realise that something is wrong. Eileen is nowhere to be seen and the kids are later picked up by cops. The death of their mother is soon discovered and the kids are left heartbroken ever since. After their father abandons them too, Zack assumes the role of the head of the family and feeds his sisters through burglary. Three years later, Catherine receives a threatening note from an intruder while her husband is away for the weekend. She panics and fears for the safety of her unborn baby but decides to tackle it herself.
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The lives of Catherine and Zack are interwoven in a series of unfortunate events and Zack is hell-bent in catching his mother's killer. Detectives Marvel and Reynolds are on the lookout for the famous burglar when suddenly they stumble across clues to the unresolved murder case of Eileen. The story picks up speed from the very first page and I read it in fast intervals like a child hungry for knowledge. Though most part of the story was believable, there were certain loopholes that stood out significantly.
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After finishing the novel, I read about the author and understood that this book is loosely based on the murder of Marie Wilks in 1998, around the same time this story is set. This is a brilliant thriller but I cannot help but feel that certain scenes could have been well polished which is why I didn't quite understand the reason behind it being longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. I cannot give it five stars. Having said that, Snap is one of the best murder mysteries I've read in a while and I cannot wait to read more works of Belinda. I recommend this novel to all the thriller junkies out there.
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Rating - 4.3/5.
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"There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who think it could never happen to them. And those who know it will." - Belinda Bauer.
•
How I missed reading a good thriller in just a single sitting. Snap was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and rightly so. It's dark and depressing but does manage to keep one at the edge of their seat. There's murder, robbery and lies. Lots of them so in a way nothing could have possibly gone wrong with this novel. I began reading this last afternoon and was finished before I retired for the day. That, right there goes to show how interesting the book was. Belinda's story is unique for it is interwoven delicately. It's not messy like how usually books turn out to be when there are many important characters. This one hits the right spot.
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Zack, 11 years old is left incharge of his sisters, Joy who is nine years old and Merry who's just a baby while his mother goes to make a phone call. After waiting for more than an hour in their car in the stifling heat, the three of them walk towards the nearest phone booth in an attempt to find their mom but they soon realise that something is wrong. Eileen is nowhere to be seen and the kids are later picked up by cops. The death of their mother is soon discovered and the kids are left heartbroken ever since. After their father abandons them too, Zack assumes the role of the head of the family and feeds his sisters through burglary. Three years later, Catherine receives a threatening note from an intruder while her husband is away for the weekend. She panics and fears for the safety of her unborn baby but decides to tackle it herself.
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The lives of Catherine and Zack are interwoven in a series of unfortunate events and Zack is hell-bent in catching his mother's killer. Detectives Marvel and Reynolds are on the lookout for the famous burglar when suddenly they stumble across clues to the unresolved murder case of Eileen. The story picks up speed from the very first page and I read it in fast intervals like a child hungry for knowledge. Though most part of the story was believable, there were certain loopholes that stood out significantly.
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After finishing the novel, I read about the author and understood that this book is loosely based on the murder of Marie Wilks in 1998, around the same time this story is set. This is a brilliant thriller but I cannot help but feel that certain scenes could have been well polished which is why I didn't quite understand the reason behind it being longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. I cannot give it five stars. Having said that, Snap is one of the best murder mysteries I've read in a while and I cannot wait to read more works of Belinda. I recommend this novel to all the thriller junkies out there.
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Rating - 4.3/5.