Keeping it vague but basically a mob enforcer, two black ops agents, a shut-in musician and her son come into conflict over a severed hand that puts violent thoughts in people's heads. This book is just cool, it does something that I always like to see and that's remove plot armor for the characters. Basically, nobody is safe regardless of how much development they've been given. This book goes into a lot of topics: police brutality, a government plotting against its own citizens, torture as a means of getting information, how people respond to crisis, it's a lot. But the best thing is just the escalation, the stakes are constantly being upped until you hit a point where you can't see a resolution. The book ends on a pretty big cliffhanger, and there is a sequel which I'll be checking out soon but on its own it's still something worth checking out. My second 5/5 after James by Percival Everett. This has been an…interesting year for books so far, a lot of 3/5's but this is one of those that's really lit a fire of motivation under me for reading.
by ShinyBlueChocobo