The Crocodile Bird - Ruth Rendell
Posted in Books by Harley
This book was interesting from a psychological point of view. The story tells of a young girl who is being forced to leave home because her mother is about to be arrested on suspicion of murder. The girl has hardly ever been out in society before. Her mother has home schooled her and brought her up in seclusion from the rest of the world. No TV, no radio.. no friends.
One thing I didn’t like about this book is that the main character is so passive in everything. Maybe Rendell was trying to make a point about how the character can’t relate to other people and that she hasn’t been conditioned to be shocked by things like blood and murder. The book left me feeling cold. The ending was quite predictable. It just came across as a bad soap opera episode. Aside from that though this was an interesting read, it maybe didn’t go into as much depth as I’d of liked but I was entertained while reading it.
[rating:7/10]