Hannah Begbie

Sometimes you read the synopsis of a book and it completely grabs you. It captures your imagination, makes you think "what would I do if…". That's what happened to me with Blurred Lines. As soon as I read the synopsis I knew I desperately wanted to read this book.

The tagline is that "there are two sides to every story". Becky is a budding film producer and one evening she sees her boss, Matthew, having sexual relations with a woman. She's embarrassed but doesn't think too much of it until the woman accuses Matthew of rape. Was it rape? Only Matthew and the woman know the answer to that. But tightly wound up in this is something that happened in Becky's own past and also the fact that Matthew is helping Becky to make her own film, thereby fulfilling her ambitions. There are so many blurred lines in this book that it's a wonder I could see straight to read it!

I was expecting a wow book and I'll be honest and say that I was a little worried in the first chapters that maybe it wouldn't be that for me. Then, all of a sudden, I found myself turning the pages without stopping for breath, so engrossed was I in Becky's story, both past and present. It definitely was a wow book after all.

I had a feeling about how things were going to turn out and I was right but that doesn't take anything away from the plotting. We don't all need major twists; a well-written story is enough. The power of this story is in considering boundaries and how and when they are crossed for different people. I found tears springing to my eyes and I could see it from so many different perspectives, with several moral and ethical dilemmas thrown into the mix. Hannah Begbie has written something so thought-provoking and so incredibly relevant with Blurred Lines.

I thought this was a brilliant read. The characters are so well-drawn I felt as if I knew them and was involved personally in their lives. I was made to care about them. Couple that with a fantastic story and writing that completely pulled me in, and this is a winner in my eyes.… (más)