The Vanishing Triangle

I usually don't read non-fiction. This book caught my eye. Since I have family from Ireland and Northern Ireland too boot I wanted to know what this author was trying to bring into light.

What is the vanishing triangle?

Between 1993 and 1998, eight women went missing from an area roughly eighty miles around Dublin, leading some to nickname it the ‘vanishing triangle’.

What a terrible thing that happened. Lives cut off too early. So what is this author trying to say. I believe she wanted the reader to be aware that these women, who she found out didn't stop at eight, were just as important as anyone else. In her words

I want to look at how and why so many women could go missing without a national outcry, without the disappearances even being linked for so long.

She dives into a number of reasons why these killers/killer is overlooked. A lot are protected by others. And a big thing is also are helped across the border. Officers from the IRA was brought up especially. Political, mental, from church, economy (The Celtic Tiger) as it is put, the differences of people (if they are gay or not), abortion.

And why women? Women are thought of is a certain type. And that is how the priority is run down. If the woman is thought of a sex worker she's asking for it? To be raped and killed? NO! that is all screwed up!

 What kind of country allows crimes like this to happen? As author goes on, why are the perpetrators not being caught? Sadly if there are no bodies or evidence how could anyone go on? It's a small country with a lot of hiding places.

The author does make remarks about the US. She blames America giving Ireland the idea it's a fairytale. Yes we do give money over. For reasons other what the author is alluding too.

I take offense to that. It's just not Ireland this is happening too. It's happening all over the world. Even human trafficking is maybe another source that this author failed to write on.

Bottom line is not to forget!

Not only the remarks author made about America. I think she poured her own feelings out. By thinking of her own self walking around when she was living in Northern Ireland. Not even thinking she was blessed it wasn't her that could get caught in the net of some killer/s. She did make mention that men can be victims too.

I didn't like the idea she kept naming names that I couldn't remember all. And she was very repetitive which toward the end she could have cut the chapters short and ended book earlier.

Which leads me to give The Vanishing Triangle 4_____> 

I don't know what her fiction books are like. I just think she poured everything out how she felt. And made as many chapters to make a book.

 

The Widow

I started to read The Widow because of the political stuff that we are going through now. And I wanted to see how the author creates her mystery out of this.

I liked the idea of how Kaira started the chapters. With a little advice from a friendly spouse of a Congressman.

I had a whole thing planned out what to say about this book. I agree with the reviews sums up marriage, privilege, and oh so many lies!

Jody and Martin get married. The Ashers have it all. A daughter, the best seat in the place for a Congressman, and a nice house. What else do they want? Well we know Jody wants it all. Even after the death of Martin she finds a way to stay in DC

It was good to know Jody. How she came to what she turned out to be. Shame we didn't get to know her daughter Charlotte a little more.

What is a bit unbelievable is how the group of people VP, Mimi and Steve the best think tank. Or so it seems ;) all knew each other before the DC days.

I thought there might of been a bit more mystery. I thought there was something going on when Jody was giving her splash of eye drops to Martin. It wasn't what I thought. I guess Jody not having emotion gave to the allure of mystery with all her lies.

I wasn't surprised at an affair or who the woman really was. I was sad that it was long. The juice was in the beginning and early middle. A lot of what I like and thought about is in my Kindle highlights.

I thought of the proverbs that Mimi would say like "There cannot be two suns in the sky, nor two emperors on the earth."

Comes to the point of one winner. One thought. And "As distance tests a horse’s strength, time reveals a person’s character"

After a lost, in character to speak of, what is the time going to be? Are you going to be strong or weak? Last one. “When the winds of change blow, some build walls, while others build windmills.”

Always setting yourself up to be strong. Depend on you.

I can give The Widow 4_____>

I like the author and have read some of her other books and will continue on.