{"id":17,"date":"2023-06-11T21:15:30","date_gmt":"2023-06-11T20:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamaradwyer.com\/?p=17"},"modified":"2023-06-11T16:33:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-11T20:33:46","slug":"north-of-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamaradwyer.com\/?p=17","title":{"rendered":"North of Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>North of Boston<\/strong> by Elisabeth Elo is an intriguing thriller told from a woman&#8217;s point-of-view. There&#8217;s a lot to like about this book, and I enjoyed it overall. The exposition is paced so that we, the reader, learn about the protagonist and her background slowly, and I hesitate to get into the details here. The descriptions are top-notch, with the narrator Pirio Kasporov describing what she sees, hears, and smells at each turn. Pirio is a survivor, a point established early in the story and reinforced throughout. She has a complex and full backstory as a child of immigrants, a child who lost a parent at age ten, and a devoted friend. Every piece of information we learn plays into the conclusion. The story is well-formed and tight. The book is primarily a thriller as Pirio sets out to solve a mystery set in the commercial fishery industry and the docks of Boston. The story is also a hero&#8217;s journey as Pirio retrieves a lost relic and discovers truths about her life and loves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The downside is very vivid descriptions of violence towards animals as she butts heads with a cadre of rich men and their &#8211; she uses this word repetitively &#8211; bimbos. The first is necessary to the plot, the second isn&#8217;t. Both made me cringe. Overall it&#8217;s a great library book, but not one I&#8217;ll look for to add to my library to re-read or hand off to others to read later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elo has crafted an intriguing and richly layered story, and I will look for more of her works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/tamaradwyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North-of-Boston-679x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tamaradwyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North-of-Boston-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/tamaradwyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North-of-Boston-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/tamaradwyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North-of-Boston-768x1157.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tamaradwyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North-of-Boston-1019x1536.jpg 1019w, https:\/\/tamaradwyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North-of-Boston.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North of Boston by Elisabeth Elo is an intriguing thriller told from a woman&#8217;s point-of-view. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamaradwyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamaradwyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamaradwyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamaradwyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamaradwyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tamaradwyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19,"href":"https:\/\/tamaradwyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamaradwyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamaradwyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamaradwyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}