Redemption

"Redemption is a true roller coaster. It’s told from several different perspectives: each chapter is a different character. There are three individuals, one who has recently been released from jail. It’s such a thought-provoking thriller because every chapter, every character and episode that you go through, your whole opinion changes, and you buy into their perspective. It’s a hard book to talk about because I don’t want to reveal the plot…but with each one you think, ‘I would absolutely do what this person’s doing, because I would never accept what that other person has done.’ And then you go on to their perspective, and two or three pages in, you’re like, ‘Oh! Now I understand they didn’t mean to do this, or they did this for this reason, and now I don’t understand why the other person would do that.’ And then it takes you to somebody else. There are new twists and turns, and at every dividing junction, you’re sent in the opposite direction to the route you thought you were on. Eventually, you come all the way back to the start with a completely different perspective. So it’s really, really enjoyable. It pulls on your heartstrings. And when people talk about a page-turner…you will finish this book in a heartbeat, because you want to know what’s going to happen next. For me, that was the biggest surprise. I thought I knew what an adventure book was, and when I was presented with these six originally I thought, ‘I don’t understand how they fit.’ But then, when you actually get into the journey, you realise that your perception of what adventure was was too narrow. The feeling you’ve had has been the same throughout. So, yes, it’s a thriller, but it truly takes you on an adventure through the Nevada desert, around every emotion, and back to the start again."