A psychological thriller
The Department is a dark academic thriller, a story that delves into the mysterious disappearance of a college student and the secrets unearthed by a struggling philosophy professor.
This story is said through the dual perspectives of Lucia and Neil, the two important figures in this story.
Nothing is going well for Professor Neil Weber: his wife left him, his academic research is going nowhere and is prospect of tenure is on the line…..Until Lucia Vanotti disappears, a college student at Neil’s university. What happened to her and why does Neil care about finding her?....
From the campus classrooms to sex dens we follow how their world descend into obsession and delusion while they uncover what drive them to behave the ways they never could have imagined.
Although I enjoyed the insights and thought- provoking moments I found this story to be way too long and dragging too much, it moves at a slow crawl and keep this tempo till the very last page…I had a hard time keeping with it and was so happy seeing the end coming.
The characters have a dark past and nothing is positive. This story is a trip into the disturbed world of a illusioned professor and a female student…A story written and said many times…
Indeed I did not enjoy this thriller but maybe you will so don’t take my words for it, have a look for yourselves.
I received a copy of this book from Oceanview Publishing for my thoughts: this is the way I see it
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