This is the first book by this author that I have read. Even though it is the second book in the Detective Pace series, it reads well as a standalone. Although of course having read this one, I am interested to go back and read the first one to get to know Pace better.
I have to say that this book is unlike any other I have ever read. There isn’t really much in the way of the police side of things, it concentrates mainly on the suicides. Even the way the story is told to the reader is very different and don’t think I have ever come across another book that I could even liken it to. Which of course has to be a good thing as it makes this totally unique.
Suicide isn’t the easiest subject to read about but it’s done in a way that whilst it did have some sort of impact on me, the way the story is told, it didn’t quite have the full emotional affect of which I am grateful for as I think it would have made for some very difficult reading otherwise.
If you love a high body count, well I don’t think you will find a book with many more than this one. It made it quite a sombre read but one that was compelling. It is dark and twisted and when everything comes to light of who is behind it all, well that just made it the icing on the top. I really enjoyed my first reading experience by the author and will definitely be checking out more.
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A unique novel of cults set mainly in LONDON
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 November 2019
I have no idea what genre this book is. It is fiction but it is also an exploration of the notion of what it means to be in a cult, to lead a cult and what lies at the heart of mass inculcation and obedience, with or without leadership. The book can also be in part a treatise on the notion of group behaviour and the power that one individual exerts over others. How does mass indoctrination work?Yes, it does deal with the serious issue of suicide, mass suicide in fact, and it starts out with the 9 people who are about to link together on Chelsea Bridge and jump off it to their deaths. They have never met, they have come together after having been sent letters with “Nothing Important Happened Today“: the trigger to act.“Nine suicides. One cult. No leader”The characters in the book are people, they have names, they have families, friends and lives to lead but once they are part of ‘The People of Choice’ group, as they are dubbed, they lose their identities. Not zombies exactly but just a number in the great scheme of things. They are nobodies and they are epithets (Doctor/Nobody/Ungrateful etc) and as the news headlines and times move on, they are relegated to history. They are a dramatic and newsworthy event, worth note for a short time but then they are no more. More suicides start to occur across the world….The author ponders the authority of individual killers who are still very much remembered (unlike the The People of Choice) like Ted Bundy, Charles Manson (and of course his pregnant victim Sharon Tate) and Jeffrey Dahmer (the Milwaukee Cannibal) who came to exert power over others. He examines the subject of subjugation and mindless adulation (think Bagwhan Shree Rashneesh). This is a huge topic, creatively compressed into just under 300 pages.The author clearly enjoys throwing into the narrative areas that are of interest to him, that are oftentimes fascinating experiments, observations and so forth. What I took away from the book was that somehow, as humans, we are all pretty much members of a cult. How do we come to behave as we do? We believe we act as cognisant entities, with individual personas but just look how easily humans can be conditioned into behaviour that is pretty odd, destructive and of sheep mentality. You thought you were immune from cultish behaviour? Think again!Oh well, must go off to sort our Twitter feed, goggle at Gogglebox and like a zombie, cram all my Christmas shopping into one week, along with a gazillion others. Nobody actually “instructed” me to do any of these things yet here I am, conforming and not really giving it a second thought – only I am, after reading this book! And you will too!Much of the book is set in London as people jettison themselves from various well-known bridges. It is a thought provoking and unique read.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 November 2019
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