untitled 4
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- Create Date：2021-07-14 08:51:10
- Update Date：2025-09-07
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- Author：Douglas Kennedy
- ISBN：0091953758
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Paula
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Thank you to #Netgalley & Penguin for an ARC in return for an honest review。I am a Douglas Kennedy fan and for me Afraid of the Light is one of his best books yet。 DK returns to America for this 。his latest book。 DK is a master of describing the small lives of middle class Americans。The main character Brendan is a recently laid off engineer， now working as an Uber driver。 His marriage is in ruins and having spent his whole life obeying his parents and the rules of society he finds himself increa Thank you to #Netgalley & Penguin for an ARC in return for an honest review。I am a Douglas Kennedy fan and for me Afraid of the Light is one of his best books yet。 DK returns to America for this 。his latest book。 DK is a master of describing the small lives of middle class Americans。The main character Brendan is a recently laid off engineer， now working as an Uber driver。 His marriage is in ruins and having spent his whole life obeying his parents and the rules of society he finds himself increasingly isolated and unhappy。Then what appears to be an ordinary fare turns Brendan's life upside down and makes him face issues that he has been burying for years。It would be easy to consign Afraid of the Light to the family noir genre but it is so much more than that。 The effects of upbringing and filial relationships Brendan and his father and Brendan and his daughter Klara are also explored。 The radicalisation of Christian religions is also a theme。 Power and control instead of love and kindness， creating situations where there are no grey areas only increasingly violent actions。 Afraid of the Light's considered look at the polarising effects of beliefs and how a person's experience can be used to create radicals is well expressed。 This book made me think and examine my own beliefs and I thank Douglas Kennedy for an intelligent， nuanced read。4。5⭐ 。。。more
Hannah Middleton
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I always get excited when I see a new Douglas Kennedy novel is out and I raced through this one; he is just such a great storyteller。 I really love the way he tackles big themes - （in this instance） grief， guilt， responsibility， regret， religion - and packages them up in a page-turning thriller。 Great stuff。
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