Fiona Brichaut's Reviews > The Light and Shade of Ellen Swithin

Overall I enjoyed reading The Light and Shade of Ellen Swithin. Good to see the patriarchy, in particular some really unsavoury misogynistic arseholes, get their come-uppance. I mean what female[-identifying] office worker hasn’t fantasised about whacking a leering or roaming-handed male colleague with their laptop? Seriously? Make that not roaming hands but grievous sexual assault and the gloves are well and truly off.

If I were to be less forgiving, I’d have to say that the plot is outlandish, the characters a bit two-dimensional and the ending, well, pretty hard to follow, to be honest.

I give The Light and Shade of Ellen Swithin a 3* rating because it’s a good read, but some may view that as a generous rating given the basic unlikeliness of the whole thing. You’ll be hard pressed to suspend your disbelief. But as an entertaining way to knock back a few hours and vicariously murder a misogynist, go for it!

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