Showing posts with label Lisa Lutz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lisa Lutz. Show all posts

Sunday, 13 March 2016

The Passenger by Lisa Lutz

It might just have been me, but there were so many identities that at one point I lost the plot and couldn't figure out who was who any more.

Let's not even talk about who the heck Jo is or was, because I wasn't sure whether she was Blue or Amelia at first.

Not sure if the initial confusion was intentional or not, all I know is the story became clearer after the first 25%.

After that, despite not being able to see the forest for all the trees, it became much clearer and was quite a good read.

So much so that Blue and Jo have the potential to be a series or have a sequel. I can totally see the two of them taking out bad guys as a kind of Thelma and Louise couple.

Jo turns out be a woman running from one identity and life to another, and another and another one. Keeping track of how many and how many things she is running away from becomes a wee bit of a task for the reader and for Jo for that matter.

She meets Blue, who is in a similar position, and that's when things turn from difficult to 'there is no turning back.' Jo doesn't question the motives of the blue-eyed beauty, but perhaps she should have.

Blue seems to recognise something in Jo that she sees within herself. She is willing to cross boundaries when necessary, even those of a murderous variety.

Lutz knows how to spin a tale, but this could have done with a little more clarity.

Buy The Passenger at Amazon UK or go to Goodreads for any other retailer.