I read this for reading group.

I have to admit that this just isn’t my type of book; there’s very little description and it reads a bit like a script. Apart from the shocking gang rape at the beginning there is nothing hugely evocative in this book. Even the explanations in the closing pages of the book didn’t hold my attention. I was lost in the discussions between Jonathan, Georgina and their various interviewees and it was frustrating trying to work out what was truth and what was lies. By the time I got to the end my head was spinning with the various possibilities and I was hoping for a satisfying ending. It was a sad and unexpected explanation but not satisfying unfortunately.

One thing I did like was that the main character was quite unusual – a highly educated, mixed race man who has issues. But that isn’t enough. I think this book would make a good TV adaptation but I wouldn’t recommend it as a book.