Cut: FGM in Britain Today

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This paperback book accompanied the major touring exhibition Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs at the Tate Modern (17 April 2014 - 7 September 2014) and Museum of Modern Art, New York (19 October 2014 - 10 February 2015). First half is more of a character driven story and, imo, it could have been shortened a little bit as pace was a bit slow and nothing much happened plot wise. She is stiff; a cardboard cut-out of a human being, with no real sense of personality of identity -- she is just the main character in which all these events revolve around, but it doesn't seem to actually affect her.

Many believe it to be cursed due to the incidents that happened to those involved in its creation and as a result, it was never released. It is fairly realistic in most places about its portral of self-harm and the confusion and feelings that a person in that situation can experience. That horror movie, ‘Mancipium’ , was never officially released, and on the internet grapevine it has the reputation of being cursed: almost everybody linked to the movie has died or disappeared shortly after production finished and the original reels were stolen. I was staggered by the openness, the honesty and the emotion with which she spoke of her own brutal experience of FGM as a six year old girl in Somalia.Yep a great story with interesting protagonists who draw me into their story, their hopes, their fears and left me engaged and unwilling to leave even when the popcorn finished.

I heard about some of the author's statements on why she wrote them, but since I heard so much about this small volume, I decided to overlook it.My first Chris Brookmyre read and it was enjoyable enough, once you suspended disbelief for long enough. Hibo states many statistics in the book and it would be impossible to quote them all in this review. Brookmyre expertly weaves between the past and present in this superb and riveting thriller packed with suspense and tension, and in the flawed Millie and Jerry, he creates complex, compulsive and charismatic characters that I became totally invested in. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.