![]() To put it bluntly – it seemed ham-fisted in the representation of autism. I feel a lesson tried to be included, a moral to the story, and I’m honestly not sure it was executed well. This is where I need to discuss Cassie, and the apparent reason for her dislikeability. Cassie became too obvious, yet there was still something about her, something off… ![]() She was the most obvious, yet we all know the more obvious someone is, the less likely they’re the actual culprit. ![]() Even I, at the beginning, accused Cassie of being the antagonist. I couldn’t help but share in Sophie Greenwood’s concerns, as after all, I was merely an observer to her side of events. The setting was one of familiarity the mundane, day-to-day routine of work, with a character who started off as optimistic and happy at having landed her dream job, yet over time became increasingly paranoid and troubled. ![]() He does it well enough in this one, despite things coming across as a little too far-fetched at times. He likes to delve into the ugly side of humanity, which I appreciate, and raise the question of what people are capable of, and how badly we can treat our fellow man. My first experience with Edwards was with The Magpies, which introduced me to not only his extremely direct writing style of telling rather than showing, but also his ability to create a sense of unease whilst writing about a situation that could be very real – the former I consider a bad thing, and the latter a good thing, thus the overall impression of his work strikes me as rather average. ![]()
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