Book description
April is angry.Only nineteen, she is an elective mute, accused of a religiously motivated atrocity. Dr Finlay Logan is broken. A borderline-suicidal psychologist still reeling from his daughter's death, he must assess April's sanity in a world where - ten years after the death of Richard Dawkins - moves have…
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1 author picked Devotion as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The book is set in the near future in a time where consideration is being given to the re-definition of fundamentalism as a mental illness. I found it interesting to read the views and beliefs of the two main characters, April and the criminal psychologist Finley Logan, and how their relationship with one another and with their faith ‘devotion’ was developed.
The book had me thinking about and trying to understand the reasons why the character April, a 19-year old elective mute, detonated a bomb on a university bus and killed 15 students of a similar age. Logan’s role…
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