Oblivion: Peter Abrahams
Detective Nick Petrov is an engaging character from the first page. We watch as he commits perjury to seal the deal in court, treats the people around him like dirt and goes on his smart, abrasive way to solve the next crime. As the story progresses and Nick deals with his memory loss we see him change drastically from a vibrant, angry man to one that is clinging to hope and life by a thread.
His personality changes and the blank spaces in his memory from his brain tumor are written in an entirely believable manner. From cynic to dying old man to someone who sees life in a new way and finds love, each nuance is covered. In a way the murder mystery itself takes a back seat to the mystery of Nick’s illness and how he chooses to handle it. His bargains with nature and God, the way he clings to completing a task as a way to achieve health, his struggling romance with the unlikely Billie – each step is enthralling agony.
Does he solve the murder mystery had set out to solve in the beginning? Absollutely, but not the way he (or the reader) expects. In fact, this story remains engaging from the first page while being nothing that I expected at all. I highly recommend the book. Sure, there are a few plot points that seem to get dropped, but you hardly notice so caught up are you in the character of Nick himself.
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