Holding

I am hugely conflicted in regards to this book. While it's not as good as his other two books, I found the plot engaging and the character development terrific.

But trigger warnings this book is fat phobic. I really respect Norton as an author and love the way he weaves his narratives. But this book does not deal with the character of Sergeant Collins sensitively and even being a debut novel isn't excusable. The first and last chapters made my skin crawl with discomfort. Fat phobic writing isn't acceptable in this book published in 2016 or books published thereafter.

It didn't move the plot forward and as a reader made me feel like the author was propping Collins up as a character we could ridicule for being fat. I was not cool with that. Therefore this book cannot be rated higher.