A Thousand Cuts

I literally read Rupture in one sitting: decided to start it at a quarter to midnight because I couldn't sleep, and finally turned the light off at 3am after turning the last page. So I don't need to point out that it's compelling. Ostensibly, this is a crime novel; the story of a man called Samuel......more

Even with disturbing tales of student suicides evoked by ruthless bullying screaming from recent headlines, few of us are willing to delve into the unremarkable daily tortures behind the spectacle. Lelic brings the issue of bullying—in the school and in workplace, by children and adults—home with hi......more

Book club choice. Slow going mainly because of the pedestrian monologues. Good to read for how not to structure a book I think. The detective pov is good but is interrupted all the time by the monologues which slow the pace too much. Finished it now. Didn't like the structure. There are a lot of narra......more

Such a different style for a crime novel. A serious story of bullying & all the effects it has in a major trickle down. Although some say these ideas were too exaggerated or maybe even unrealistic they certainly helped drive the point home for me. I’ve read numerous books on school shootings & they’......more

Paolo Bacigalupi (The Windup Girl, Shipbreaker, The Drowned Cities) blows me away; when he commented on Twitter he was reading someone named Simon Lelic I made a beeline for the library. And by great good luck my local had a copy of A Thousand Cuts, Lelic's debut novel. Ostensibly this is a murder my......more