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A review by kba76
Breaking the Dark by Lisa Jewell
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
A new series, taking characters from the Marvel Universe and exploring their lives in the present. It was a strange experience reading this as someone who knew next to nothing about the character Jessica Jones, but it was still an entertaining story.
Jessica is traumatised from an experience in her past, where someone took control of her mind and forced her to become complicit in terrible things. When she is contacted by a concerned mother to investigate her teenage children it’s hard to know what to make of things. After visiting their father in England the twins look perfect and appear changed in personality. Their mother asks Jessica to find out more, and this starts an incredible bizarre story.
As expected, there’s something very odd going on.
Interspersed with Jessica’s investigation we get details from other characters who are part of this sordid situation. There are links to the decades-old murders of three homeless men, a man with an unhealthy fascination with blood, a woman determined to make her mark on the world with her beauty products and a tech genius who’s pushing the boundaries of AI. You genuinely could not predict where this story takes us, so I suggest buckling up and enjoying the ride.
Jessica is traumatised from an experience in her past, where someone took control of her mind and forced her to become complicit in terrible things. When she is contacted by a concerned mother to investigate her teenage children it’s hard to know what to make of things. After visiting their father in England the twins look perfect and appear changed in personality. Their mother asks Jessica to find out more, and this starts an incredible bizarre story.
As expected, there’s something very odd going on.
Interspersed with Jessica’s investigation we get details from other characters who are part of this sordid situation. There are links to the decades-old murders of three homeless men, a man with an unhealthy fascination with blood, a woman determined to make her mark on the world with her beauty products and a tech genius who’s pushing the boundaries of AI. You genuinely could not predict where this story takes us, so I suggest buckling up and enjoying the ride.