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What We Remember (2009)

by Michael Thomas Ford(Favorite Author)

3.95 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0758218516 (ISBN13: 9780758218513)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Kensington

review 1: A departure from Ford's usual fare, which isn't a bad thing. We have great writing, a tight plot, and believable characters as usual in a Ford novel. The chapters switch back and forth, past and present, which may put some people off. There are also quite a few characters, and we get to see parts of the story from ALL of their points of view, which also may put people off (a lot of head hopping). Neither of these devices bothered me. My only gripe (not enough to make me not like the book) is that NONE of the characters is really likable. Lawyer Charly and, strangely, drugged-out, burned out young Billy came closest to being likable. And can someone tell me what ANY of the covers has to do with the book??????
review 2: It took me a while to get into the story, m... moreore because I wasn't settling to read than the story itself though I suspect, but once I actually sat and started reading in concentrated blocks, this was a book I didn't want to put down, especially towards the end. It's definitely up to the author's usual standard, although the genre is a little different than what I was expecting. I did guess the identity of the murderer although not all of the details, and pleased with the way it worked out in the finish. He writes an ensemble cast extremely well, and this flowed seemlessly across shifting POVs and time frames. While one of the main characters is gay, it's not really the crux of the story nor would I class this as gay lit as I would with the other books of his I've read. less

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