This is a book told in the third person. Although it is well edited for the most part the centre of focus changes so often and so many principal characters are introduced it becomes difficult for the reader to figure out who the book is about or how all these disparate people fit together. There doesn’t appear to be any one main character.
The nurse
Her favourite patient
Her father
The runaway girl
Her squat mates
The night man at the group home
His second job
The gal where he buys donuts
The injured PTSD Vet
His roommates
His mother
His girlfriend
The hospital where Pauline works and most of the rest become patients or their visitors appears to be the unifying force. And in a parallel storyline in italics which appears to be Leroy’s hallucination or dream the Free of the title are a vigilante group who hunt Leroy and his partner. The name is ironic because they are imprisoned by their hate.
This isn’t the kind of book that leads the reader to expect happy endings. It does paint a realistic picture of these people’s onging lives and struggles. There are no climaxes or resolutions, the final chapters seem to jump forward several years and then it abruptly ends.
The nurse
Her favourite patient
Her father
The runaway girl
Her squat mates
The night man at the group home
His second job
The gal where he buys donuts
The injured PTSD Vet
His roommates
His mother
His girlfriend
The hospital where Pauline works and most of the rest become patients or their visitors appears to be the unifying force. And in a parallel storyline in italics which appears to be Leroy’s hallucination or dream the Free of the title are a vigilante group who hunt Leroy and his partner. The name is ironic because they are imprisoned by their hate.
This isn’t the kind of book that leads the reader to expect happy endings. It does paint a realistic picture of these people’s onging lives and struggles. There are no climaxes or resolutions, the final chapters seem to jump forward several years and then it abruptly ends.
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