![]() ![]() ![]() The main character, fourteen year old Reuben has the gift of second sight, he “saw” his sister being killed and he knows the Dead Man did it. Their sister is brutally raped and murdered in a small village on Dartmoor, the police are slow to investigate and their mother can’t bury her daughter until the case is solved. Reuben and Cole are half-gypsies living in London. The Road of the Dead is a gripping murder mystery, very dark and in some places extremely violent. (This was something I hadn’t considered when naming my child – and it does become an issue when you’re wasting hours in an airport shop or have pocket money to spend in Woolworths.) Anyway, after reading The Road of the Dead, I discovered this book is absolutely not suitable for an eight year old, so it shall be put away until he’s older – bummer! I have an eight year old called Cole, a somewhat unusual name, so unusual that you can’t get pens or key rings or mugs or those signs you hang on doors saying “Cole’s Room”. I was initially drawn to this book when I discovered it has a character named Cole. Today, I want to share my thoughts on The Road of the Dead by Kevin Brooks. And this is where we bloggers have the upper hand. My feeling is that a review that comes from a real person, someone you’re beginning to know a few things about, rather than just a name at the top of the page, is more compelling. The thing I love most about reviewing books on VL is the freedom to write anything I like. ![]()
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