Shadow is a beautifully
written tale of people looking for happiness. The books opens with a small boy
waiting for his mother to come and get him from a shed where he is waiting. He
has been waiting so long the batteries have worn out on the cassette player he
has which reads him his story book. Eventually the boy is found and it appears
his mother has abandoned him at an amusement park. The story then shifts to the
family of a renowned author as they find out about the death of their old maid.
Don’t be fooled by this
opening as I was, there are many twists and turns within this book which take
the tale in directions I was not expecting. I always worry when reading a book
that has been translated from its original langue, that some of the more subtle
meanings may be lost. However with this book I do not feel that I lost and
depth or beauty. And whilst there was nothing that stood out in the way of
errors or typos the only part I feel that let it down was the ending.
Personally it just felt like everything had got really going and then it was
done. On the plus side it also meant nothing felt dragged out or overly fluffed.
I would definitely recommend
this book and it may be liked by those who enjoyed books such as Spilt Milk or
Purge. I want to give it more than 3 stars but I personally need to feel more,
and I always use the guidance phase and whilst I ‘liked’ it I didn’t ‘really
like it’. This is in basic terms, a simple story of life and its issues with
unexpected twists which test the characters in ways many people hope never to
be tested by.
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