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In addition to his insights and observations of chimpanzees, the author also makes frequent side-trips into evolution, communication, linguistics and legal personhood, which readers may or may not find interesting depending upon their point of view. Simply outstanding! I have one more book from this talented author on my kindle and I cannot wait to get to it! It is only after a distinctly non-gripping and non-tense courtroom trial winds its tortuous way to a close that some interesting ethical issues create a clever twist in the closing chapters. But, frankly, I found myself wishing that the ideas, the trial, and the legal, medical, and ethical treatment of these rather touchy questions raised in the final handful of chapters had been the creation of the likes of Jodi Picoult. Now there’s an author who knows her way around courtrooms, ethical dilemmas, credible, exciting, emotionally charged characters and issue-driven thrillers.
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Next of Kin
NEXT OF KIN is a tragic tale of the death of a 3-year-old little boy, left in a car on a hot day by his aunt. Ok first of all, this situation is literally nauseating. Sometimes I'm late feeding my dog by 5 mins and I feel like PETA is gonna buss through my windows and arrest me. I cannot imagine living with the guilt of leaving a whole ass child in the car and they end up dying. Take me to the nearest cliff because it's over ladies n gents.
The courtroom scenes are tense. Abdullah drops hints like breadcrumbs and scatters them throughout the narrative to give us clues about the secrets hidden in the story. Pulling on our emotions, she highlights how successful childless women become targets of condemnation and are forced to live under the pressures of prejudices and high expectations. In short, the life of Leila Syed falls apart when her fate becomes dependent on public opinion. In the court case she’s viewed as cold and selfish; jealous of her sister for becoming something which she could not – a mother.This is an intense domestic/legal thriller, and I’m sure anyone can picture the horror that all parties are going through. It’s dark, brutal, gut-wrenching, and unputdownable. A novel’s impact is one of the key ingredients I look for when I read. If the story lingers and the characters resonate within me, I feel that I have found something worth recommending to others. I have had that happen many times when reading Kia Abdullah’s work and this was no exception. The narrative flows well and takes a turn at just the right moment, thrusting Leila Syed into the spotlight for reasons she would likely prefer not have happened. The plot advances well and twists at poignant times to leave the reader unsure of their sentiments towards all those involved. Could Leila have been simply careless or was there more to it? As the story advances and truths surface, the reader must use their own intuition and pass judgement on what might have happened and who could be to blame for it all. The final portion of the novel exposes real truths that never made it into sworn testimony, which adds new flavour to an already explosive thriller.
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