Chris Cander
Auteur van The Weight of a Piano
Werken van Chris Cander
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- Geboortedatum
- 20th century
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Houston, Texas, USA
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- Werken
- 11
- Leden
- 340
- Populariteit
- #70,096
- Waardering
- 3.6
- Besprekingen
- 27
- ISBNs
- 28
- Talen
- 3
CW: Drug Addiction, Harm/ Missing Baby
I wanted to like this more than I do, especially after how much another story by the author, Eddies, truly did a number on me. But there was the instantly alienating aspect of the protagonist being a 'good' cop... which, I don't want to read anything trying humanise the police. The only thing that could humanise a cop is them no longer being a cop. ACAB. Period.
Besides the hero cop protagonist, the story felt a little too melodramatic and misery porn in a way I never felt about Eddies. There's a lot of information and timelines and events and emotions and they are all so very big and important and awful or wonderful or awful. Honestly, it reads like a spec script for a police procedural pilot.
The writing quality is high and there is emotion there for sure, and the performance is pretty great. It just didn't come together effectively for me personally. I know my own predispositions played a part, but I don't think my overwhelm/ underwhelm response can be entirely blamed on that. Still want to read more of the author, but will go on forewarned and try to avoid anything that focuses on cops.… (meer)