Book Review: A Lesson in Vengeance

Rating: 9/10 (Beautiful, but not my genre, and I suspect I am going to have nightmares.)

I still can’t tell who pushed who to what point, or who is the true villain. This book is deliciously complex, delving into human psychology in a fascinating way. The narrator is incredibly unreliable— not only is her judgement often erring (or maybe it isn’t?) but she has psychotic depression and experiences hallucinations. Her grip on reality itself is tenuous, but she’s so convincing that you can’t help but have a part of you feel utterly convinced that this time, she’s right, only for her to change her own mind about the truth two chapters later. Despite a slow start, the plot is complex to the point of being convoluted, but utterly captivating, with characters that jump off the page. Even upon finishing it, I am unsure as to the book’s truth.

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