All This I Will Give to You by Dolores RedondoMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I've decided that detective/ spy novels are my guilty pleasure (not psychological thrillers or unreliable narrators). And this one was definitely a pleasure, just a good old fashioned mystery with plenty of misdirection and complications. Add the bonus of it being about Galicia--describing the food, scenery, culture. Also, because it is originally a Spanish novel, of course it still has a smidge of magical realism, just enough to satisfy the part of me that loves that.
Is truth true for us only when it shows us what we were expecting to see? When revelation provides relief from the inimical advance of unknowing? And therefore, instead of being a balm to our wounds, isn't the unvarnished truth all the more devastating?
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