If you do decide to do this ill-advised thing, LET ME KNOW AHEAD OF TIME. I know books like this aren’t supposed to be completely realistic, BUT please no one make me their legal guardian/give me their power of attorney if we don’t know each other well. I also really enjoyed that sexual violence was not a plot point.

Avery, the main character, is smart, clever, and loyal to a fault, which makes her interesting to follow through the plot twists.

It felt somehow clear to me that there were missing pieces that would be revealed in time and they were! No loose threads here (that I remember). It was very twisty with lots of puzzles, but (unlike most mysteries) I didn’t feel compelled to try to figure them out. Was there anything noteworthy about the book? (What a relief! It was too much, but very effective character-building.) Thankfully, it turns out that was the character who almost immediately goes into a coma, so I didn’t have to read his adjective-heavy third-person narration for very long. I want to let you know that the prologue had so many annoying descriptions that I almost put it down in the first 15 pages. However, I was curious what a political thriller by Stacey Abrams would be like. It happens whether or not it helps.) I like mysteries, but I don’t often enjoy political thrillers because they’re usually too wonky and make me stressed out about real politics. Well, to be honest, I was stressed out and buying books helps sometimes. This book was read by Meredith Lewis, the (mostly) Orange County Campus Librarian. Read Great Things 2021 Categories: A book about family Choose your own category–A THRILLER A book recommended by Durham Tech Library staff (our favorite category) Genre: Contemporary fiction, political thriller, who-dunnit A Supreme court justice in a mysterious coma puts his clever clerk in charge and in danger in this exciting political thriller that deals with secret government dealings, bioethics, justice, regular ethics, corporate mergers, a chess move as metaphor, and complex family relationships.Īuthor: Stacey Abrams (yes, that Stacey Abrams)

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