Title: Akward First Effort
Review: Apparently modeled somewhat after Orwell's 1984, Peace's bookfails to offer much more than a bloody and bleak look at a series ofhorrific child murders and corruption in Leeds, England. As in Orwell's book, a young, idealistic and naive man (here a junior crime reporter) enters into an ever-increasingly brutal and nasty side of his surroundings. What motivates him isn't altogether clear, and whether he's an idiot, an ( ), losing his sanity--or all three--he's a far from sympathetic figure. Peace's writing is altogether awkward, he tries to hard to achieve some kind of flair, and plot threads. Yes, he piles on the cultural references to impress the time and place upon the reader, but the sheer level of brutality, and the body count makes it altogether silly by the end. Better luck next time. END
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