SuitabookBeing
Kevin Brooks
- Reading
- Consider reading the opening together if medical procedures or loss of control may feel vivid. Then check in after the slower middle and before the gruesome ending, allowing discussion without requiring a verdict.
- Themes
- Identity and bodily change: Robert discovers that his body is not as he understood it and searches for answers about what has happened to him. The book does not clearly resolve its stance on this.
- Trust under threat: Robert goes on the run and is reported to trust nobody, while hiding with Eddi, a former acquaintance involved in fake identification. The book leaves its stance open to more than one reading.
- Fear and pursuit: After the operation, Robert runs away while frightened and desperate, and the story includes escape, conflict and a disturbing ending. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- Expect intense medical imagery, helplessness during an operation, terror, running away, criminal activity and a gruesome final section. The book’s treatment of these elements may warrant a conversation before or during reading.