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The Cut (2021)

door Chris Brookmyre

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A BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick 'Strikingly original and definitively Brookmyre - there's nothing he can't do'Mick Herron 'I recommend The Cut SO HIGHLY! A fast-paced thriller, lovely characters, [and] it kept me guessing' Marian Keyes The supremely entertaining, moving, and unpredictable new thriller from multi-award-winning bestseller Chris Brookmyre is a wholly original masterpiece and the best crime novel of 2021. Millie Spark can kill anyone. A special effects make-up artist, her talent is to create realistic scenes of bloody violence. Then, one day, she wakes to find her lover dead in her bed. Twenty-five years later, her sentence for murder served, Millicent is ready to give up on her broken life - until she meets troubled film student and reluctant petty thief Jerry. Together, they begin to discover that all was not what it seemed on that fateful night . . . and someone doesn't want them to find out why. 'A twisty spiralling rabbit hole of a book that draws you deeper with every chapter. Brilliantly original, compulsively readable, right to the final page' Ruth Ware 'Dark, heartfelt, stylish and thrilling, The Cut is the kind of wonderfully original tale I just adore. Chris Brookmyre is a storytelling mastermind' Chris Whitaker 'This is a special novel. A brilliant, original, up-to-the-minute tale with all of the dark, edgy, humorous brilliance we've come to expect from one of the finest crime fiction writers in the world. The Cut is simply superb' Abir Mukherjee… (meer)
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An offbeat thriller with enigmatic characters and dizzying plot twists. Brookmyre is the master writing passages you think you understand … only to pull the rug on you. Surprise! You'd better re-read that last bit because it was not what you thought it was.

This one reminded me of Nick Harkaway's Angelmaker, one of my favourites. ( )
  clacksee | Dec 12, 2022 |
Film student Jerry needs out of the college digs and so responds to an advertisement to a place that maybe cheap enough but has a catch. You have to live with three old women but as Jerry was raised by his grandmother that really shouldn’t be a problem for him. Two of the old dears are just that but the third is who’s been driving all the other applicants away. Millicent has just been released from prison after 25 years for killing her lover, though she continues to proclaim her innocence, and is still a little rough around the edges. When the four go out for a getting to know you dinner at the restaurant of a local hotel Millie spots a picture of her dead lover in a photograph supposedly taken a couple of days after his death. Her subsequent investigations, with the aid of Jerry, sets off a chain of events that may end in the death of all four of them.

The story is told over two timelines with current day of Millicent & Jerry following a trail of breadcrumbs that lead them across Europe and back to just prior to the murder that Millie (as she was known then) got banged up for. The characters were well drawn but the plot was just a little too formulaic to make this a stand-out read. Especially as there wasn’t enough of the traditional Brookmyre dark humour the author is known for. Hopefully his next is back on track. ( )
  AHS-Wolfy | Apr 25, 2022 |
Very readable! He does great characters
  MiriamL | Jul 22, 2021 |
Let me preface this by saying I will never not be excited to devour a Chris Brookmyre novel. I enjoy them. I think he's great.

Buuuuut ... this is not his finest work. If it weren't for the Scottishness, you could be forgiven for thinking this was a Dan Brown novel inspired by Ready Player One, but with horror movies and metal bands.

The plot makes sense as much as it needs to, but the storytelling is getting a bit formulaic. Cutting back and forward between past and present isn't bad, but I feel like Brookmyre's last few books have all done this. Sure, you get to feel like you've pieced something together just before it's revealed, but it feels a bit samey to me.

If I could give it 3.5 stars, I would. It's an enjoyable read, but not as good as some of his other stuff.
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  Craftini | Jun 19, 2021 |
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A BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick 'Strikingly original and definitively Brookmyre - there's nothing he can't do'Mick Herron 'I recommend The Cut SO HIGHLY! A fast-paced thriller, lovely characters, [and] it kept me guessing' Marian Keyes The supremely entertaining, moving, and unpredictable new thriller from multi-award-winning bestseller Chris Brookmyre is a wholly original masterpiece and the best crime novel of 2021. Millie Spark can kill anyone. A special effects make-up artist, her talent is to create realistic scenes of bloody violence. Then, one day, she wakes to find her lover dead in her bed. Twenty-five years later, her sentence for murder served, Millicent is ready to give up on her broken life - until she meets troubled film student and reluctant petty thief Jerry. Together, they begin to discover that all was not what it seemed on that fateful night . . . and someone doesn't want them to find out why. 'A twisty spiralling rabbit hole of a book that draws you deeper with every chapter. Brilliantly original, compulsively readable, right to the final page' Ruth Ware 'Dark, heartfelt, stylish and thrilling, The Cut is the kind of wonderfully original tale I just adore. Chris Brookmyre is a storytelling mastermind' Chris Whitaker 'This is a special novel. A brilliant, original, up-to-the-minute tale with all of the dark, edgy, humorous brilliance we've come to expect from one of the finest crime fiction writers in the world. The Cut is simply superb' Abir Mukherjee

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