September 8, 2020
NetGalley
Atria Books
336 pages
Fiction
4/5
ISBN: 9781501160837
12/13-12/14/20
I received a complimentary digital copy of this book from the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an unbiased review.
We don’t have a plan we just do our best to get through another day.
One single really bad idea is all it takes.
This book uniquely weaves the story of several individuals who find themselves in a "potential" hostage situation while attending an Open House for an apartment in Stockholm. There was a failed bank robbery next door where the desperate criminal doesn't realize is a "cash-less" bank and stumbles into the Open House in an attempt to escape the police. Things begin to go sideways when the robber realizes the current unplanned situation as the people present see the gun and assume they are being held hostage.
Alternatively, the police arrive to find an empty apartment and all "hostages" released for questioning at the police station. Jack is a young ambitious officer who works with his officer father Jim in their small town. They have a story which is told parallel to the missing robber case they are in pursuit of solving. The police interviews with the "hostages" are amusing but frustrating for the Jack as the statements digress into unrelated issues. Oddly, the hostages shared personal stories and antidotes while sequestered in the apartment. The unlikely group discover they share more in common than initially thought.
The use of witty quirky humor pads the gravity of the story which addresses how as much as people are different they are more alike than they realize. All lives are interconnected in one way or another and may not be obvious. All people share the experience of feeling anxious at some point in their life. The key point is how you manage to cope with those feelings. In moments of despair and desperation sometimes people make "stupid" decisions like robbing a cash less bank making suicide seem like the only option left. Feelings are universal and no one is truly alone and support can come from unlikely places.
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