An archeological find of a novel

• Book: Blindsided
• Location: Sardinia (Sardegna)
• Author: Julian Edge

Review Author: annemccabe

I read Blindsided twice – one reading right after the other. The first time I was on the edge of my seat, needing to know what was going to happen next in this page-turner thriller. The second time through, I savored the descriptions of the amazing Sardinian settings (especially the nuraghe sites), the dialogue (Edge’s dialogues sparkle – even (especially?) when they take the wind out of the solar plexus), and Ralph and Cassandra’s rather sardonic construction of hope (when you’re in a swamp “a muddy path is enough to get your hopes up”; “Think about ignorance and hope. They work for many people”; “Hope is nothing more than the fair twin of regret”). So why do I read the last line as hopeful? — I know I’m going to be re-reading this novel again – and again – digging out its riches.

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