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Brutal. Not for everyone, but it contains this for eveyone, the best line I've read all year: "Don't you know what it means when someone loves you, girl? It means they'll kill for you. It means they'll die for you. It means they won't let you fall."

I didn't choose to read this book. It chose me. I was scrolling through book titles looking for something to read. I stumbled across 'The Lies of Locke Lamora' and selected it for one reason only: In 50 years of reading for pleasure, it was hands down the best title for a book I had ever seen. Still is. So based on the title alone, I had to give it a shot, no matter what genre, no matter what length. I'm glad I did. Well written,, great characters, great story. Dark and violent, yet funny and profane. What an imagination and what a treat!

Liked it so much I bought copies for two friends. While the story is dark and Jackson, as usual, is beleaguered , it also contains KA's wicked sense of humor and three of the most formidable female characters you'll ever run across. If you think certain events are improbable and that KA might hve painted herself into a corner as regards a certain situation, you are not alone. Shrug it off. As an American coping with 2025, I tell you Kate Atkinson's stories are on a different level and are one of the few things keeping me sane.