A Sight for Sore Eyes by Ruth Rendell, guest reviewer Louise Symonds
‘A Sight For Sore Eyes’ is an un-put-down-able psychological thriller from an author who was writing two (good) books a year at the time. The stories, characters and ideas were just flowing out of her and this is one of the best. It is not a who dunnit, at least only mildly so, it is a plot and character driven novel. You never know what is going to happen next, except you have a horrible idea of just what might - about one page before it does. The author takes you into the houses and intimate lives of two families, each of three characters, with their network of relations and friends. It is the characters with their past histories and DNA that drive the action. They grow and develop and interweave with each other with puzzling and dramatic consequences. The people are pawns and actors, yet they have free will, and their actions and decisions drive the plots. It is a funny book. Darkly funny I suppose is the term. I enjoyed it so much because though the fascina...