Thursday, April 30, 2020

Review: WHEN ENEMIES OFFEND THEE by Sally Whitney


5 Stars

A painful,  angry, novel suffused in hope. This could have so easily been yet another account of #Metoo, but the author chose to really dig deeply into her characters and to examine the backdrop of their culture, economy, history.  Reading what happened to protagonist Clementine, the ugly crime and the ugly aftermath,  frightened and infuriated me. But the novel didn't drop us there. What ensues is a marvel of character evolution,  acknowledgment that joy can come eventually after grief. I would never say Clementine 's tribulations should be visited on anyone, but her ability to strengthen in the Crucible of Adversity made me proud for her.

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