Life Among Giants review
Reviewed Life Among Giants by Bill Roorbach over at my book blog!
Since the novel is told through several time shifts, readers see David’s growth and inability to get over his parent’s murder. Even when he opens a restaurant, David revisits the memories of that day and so does his sister. David’s sister, Kate, was at college when the murder happened, and perhaps out of guilt, the mystery of their parents’ murder consumes Kate.
The plot of the book isn’t terribly new, but it’s in the delivery of the novel that makes Life Among Giants stunning. The plot is full of twists and turns, minor ones really, that flow naturally, from jumps to time and character development. What makes Kate so tragic or surprising, which one I can’t really decide, is that fact that she’s a rebellious character who appears so nonchalant throughout her childhood and even into her adulthood but she’s anguished by her parents’ murder. David, on the other hand, is plagued by it, but not the way Kate is. Kate is obsessive about solving the murder, often going to great extents while all David wants to do is to move on.
Full review: http://crazyredpen.blogspot.com/2012/12/life-among-giants.html