The Sinner: A Dark College Romance

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She takes the small knife she's been using and stabs the man in the neck over and over again until she's dragged from his lifeless body. In terms of the novel’s detective elements, the story is the kind of police procedural that you would expect. But after too many questionable ‘encounters’ between the MMC and FMC I checked and it actually made it worse.

Yes, there is child abuse, sexual abuse, rape, religious fanaticism used as abuse in its worst form possible, fratricide and so much more. A dark, spellbinding novel, where the truth is to be questioned at every turn, The Sinner has been a bestseller around the world, and is poised to be a summer smash with the coming TV adaptation, already hailed as one of the most anticipated shows of the summer. Personally, I love reading how characters back themselves into corners, even the kind with no moral codes to speak of, because sooner or later that character will need to get themselves out of that corner and when they do those slippery morals are so fun to watch as they spin them around.That said, author Petra Hammesfahr's book does provide a richer narrative with the focus near exclusive on Cora, everything else, including Policeman Grovian, and Cora's husband is mostly background noise; don't get me wrong, those characters play their part, but the attention is as it should be - on Cora as she slowly unravels her past while confronting the present. I struggle with books that have been translated because I don't know if they haven't translated well, or if I'm just not into the book.

Prior to reading this novel, I had no idea it contained a theme of religious fanaticism and when you couple that with the truth we finally get to know, it made sense but at the same time, it was very underwhelming. Then the disturbing case takes another stunning new turn when another woman is found murdered in an abandoned building, her body mutilated beyond recognition. I know he’s her chosen, and I know he loves elli, so sin will have a greater good plan, but I’ve tried to skim ahead and just keep seeing that he leaves elli and she’s heartbroken.It's particularly interesting that Magdalena is both transparent, weak, seemingly just about incapable of even basic communication; yet she's ultimately revealed as a much stronger personality, capable of manipulation, more able than originally contemplated. It is the weekend and as my public service announcement, if you haven't watched the series, The Sinner then you have missed out. I remain completely blown away by Shantels ability to create character that has such a fierce lover for their partners, and Sin is no exception. As I read [the novel], I kept going, ‘I know where this is going—there’s no way this could be interesting. Corvus Atlantic’s commercial fiction list which includes women’s, historical, romance, sci-fi, crime and thriller.