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I enjoyed the overall story but was not expecting the way the narrator told it.  It is written as one long letter to Osama Bin Laden after a massive suicide bombing at a football match in London.  The narrator is a wife and mother, but we are never told her name.  She doesn't use basic grammar and punctuation during the majority of her writing, and yet the story flows.  She writes this letter as a way to tell Osama just how much he has changed her life and all of the various things she does in the days and months after the bombined.  She is a wreck.  She is lost.  Ultimately, I think her grief is so overwhelming and consumes her so thoroughly that she almost commits her own act of violence.  I have to say, the way the story is written\u002Ftold, I almost put the book down after about 30 pages and walked away.  I couldn't quite grasp the narrator's voice, but as I made my way through it, I finally \"heard\" her telling this story.  I don't know if I would really recommend this book to others though, I think the way it's written could be a turnoff for many readers.  I am currently reading Little Bee, by this same author, and that is what led to me reading this book.  In the end, I am glad I read it, the emotion was very raw and real in my opinion.","none","rv-01kx2eek275x89cdvjwe2ezrkp",[],"2026-07-09T03:23:56.000000Z",{"first":7,"last":7,"prev":7,"next":7},{"path":160,"per_page":161,"next_cursor":7,"prev_cursor":7,"has_more":19},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fapi\u002Fworks\u002F01kx2eeex68x56gxr9dswjatn8\u002Freviews",20]