[Silent Voices]
Year:
2011
Type:
Public:
Publisher:
McMillan
Year of publication:
2011
Pages:
384
Moral assessment:
Type: Literature
Nothing inappropriate.
Some morally inappropriate content.
Contains significant sections contrary to faith or morals.
Contains some lurid passages, or presents a general ideological framework that could confuse those without much Christian formation.
Contains several lurid passages, or presents an ideological framework that is contrary or foreign to Christian values.
Explicitly contradicts Catholic faith or morals, or is directed against the Church and its institutions.
Literary quality:
Recommendable:
Transmits values:
Sexual content:
Violent content:
Vulgar or obscene language:
Ideas that contradict Church teaching:
The rating of the different categories comes from the opinion of Delibris' collaborators
The story takes place in a small town in England. The police are looking for the murderer of a social worker, and when a second murder occurs, the investigation is intensified. The novel follows the well-known pattern of the police series in which the attention is focused more on the love life of the detectives than on the plot itself; attention is distracted towards people who seem suspicious but who ultimately had nothing to do with the murders. Because of the data given, it is difficult for the reader to arrive at the final resolution of the murders that is explained at the end and is somewhat fanciful. The author seems to be interested in all the characters having motives for crime. The novel is flat, without complications.
Author: Angeles Labrada, Spain
Update on: Jan 2021