It’s one of those books that at times actually makes you shake your head in disgust at how some of the characters act. Simon, one of the characters has special needs, and my son is autistic, so how he was treated by his mother struck a nerve with me. Right from the offset I was emotionally invested in this book. You have to feel some sympathy for her downtrodden husband and traumatised brood – although you still wouldn’t want your daughter to bring any of them home!īut, there is one hero (in my eyes), and both karma and revenge make uncomfortable appearances.Ī must read! Enjoy Pedigree Crush with a Twisted Gene – and then take a look at Nowhere Boulevard, also by Ms Black. Our main character, Violet, is an obnoxious person who could sit comfortably at the table of a soirée held by the third reich – with her contempt for the disabled, ‘negroes’, and pretty much everyone outside her twisted, small town life. The read undulates – in places slow and deliberate, painting mental images of the numerous and intense characters, and quickens through sections of suspense and high drama! The pace and narration is quite different to my previous two reads, to the point where I could believe it by a different author. Pedigree Crush with a Twisted Gene is the third of Katherine Black’s books that I have read, and does not disappoint.
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