The title of the book is actually When the Music’s Over but my title is better because it lets you know straightaway what the book is about. Peter Robinson is the author of a popular mystery series set in the UK but lately his books have been running out of steam. So Robinson decided to compensate for the absence of any kind of mystery or of an interesting plot with a desperate attempt to milk the Rotherham child rape scandal.
The author tries very hard to ensure that not a single prurient detail of sexual abuse of British girls by men of Pakistani origins remains outside of his novel. At the same time, he is careful to hammer the message that the homegrown British pervs are even worse home as often as he can. As a result, the novel has a weird disjointed structure and ends up being quite boring. Or maybe my disillusionment with the genre makes it seem that way.
I didn’t like it, in short. I don’t appreciate people trying to exploit Rotherham to make a quick buck. It feels distasteful to me.
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“the Rotherham child rape scandal”
I don’t think it qualifies as a real scandal since public figure that knew about it and did nothing or helped cover it up went to jail. A few people resigned (some with large payouts) and that was about it.
And again, a simple rule – In the PC/SJ world race trumps sex.
For a certain kind of person (the kind who can say ‘privilege’ and ‘intersectionality’ and keep a straight face) it isn’t a case of adult men sexually exploiting underage females, it’s a case of brown muslims (mostly) exploiting privileged post-christian whites and that kind of person doesn’t care much about that scenario because they replace ‘exploit’ with ‘fighting back against’
The anti-racism religion of the UK also means good people can’t criticize the behavior of non-indigenous people without reflexively talking about cases of abuse of indigenous people as well.
On the author, I read “In a dry season” many years ago and despite a very intriguing premise it mostly turned out to be a boring slog to get through (pacing and plotting are not his strong point) and I’ve managed to avoid reading the other book by him that I bought by mistake.
I’ll be avoiding this one.
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“For a certain kind of person (the kind who can say ‘privilege’ and ‘intersectionality’ and keep a straight face) it isn’t a case of adult men sexually exploiting underage females, it’s a case of brown muslims (mostly) exploiting privileged post-christian whites and that kind of person doesn’t care much about that scenario because they replace ‘exploit’ with ‘fighting back against’”
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