Friday, November 6, 2020

A Keeper by Graham Norton


A Keeper
Graham Norton
2018  
3/5 stars

When Elizabeth returns to her Irish hometown to sort out her deceased mother's effects, she finds letters that lead to secrets she never expected of her mother. 

This is a mostly-well written novel, but the events are too unbelievable and the "surprises" are never quite that. I was hooked in the beginning, but as the improbabilities stacked up and the characters didn't develop, it lost it's emotional appeal and charm. The novel also suffered from a superfluity of "major" events, watering the main story. I wouldn't be tempted to read another book by Norton. 

(A note on the audio book: The author reads it himself and, while not terrible, is not a pleasure to hear with his too-fast speech and less-than-convincing voices.)

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