6/19/2023 0 Comments The black house by peter may![]() ![]() Then he’s at work and given this assignment to go to the island he grew up on. It doesn’t really feel right to call it a home town.Īfter the prologue we a dragged through a scene of Fin and his wife where we find out this tragedy that just occurred in his life. It’s a scene that depicts the finding of the murder victim on Fin’s home island. I can see why the prologue is there, but I still don’t think it needs to be. My first real problem with this novel is the number of unnecessary scenes that should have been a sentence or paragraph. The Blackhouse is supposed to be something of a murder mystery with a dose of psychological…something. But in my humble opinion, I’m probably not. This book has great reviews and won an award, so hey maybe I’m crazy. His scenes come alive on the page and you can almost feel the wind on your face.īut May showed me that you can be a good writer and a bad storyteller. Peter May is brilliant in descriptive writing. ![]() ![]() The reader is shifted back and forth from present and the past as Fin navigates the murder case and his childhood memories. From the moment he’s back in the place of his childhood he is in a constant loop of having to face the darkness of his past. ![]() The Blackhouse is about Fin Macleod returning to the place he grew up, after a recent tragedy in his life, to solve a murder that possibly connects to another murder he was already investigating. I was excited to read The Blackhouse by Peter May.įrom that sentence you can probably guess where this review is going. ![]()
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