Title: Sorry to Disrupt the
Peace
Author: Patty Yumi Cottrell
Publication Date: March 14, 2017
Pages: 288
Publisher: McSweeney’s
Date Started: April 9, 2017
Date Finished: May 4, 2017
Format: Hardcover
Sorry to Disrupt the Peace was a very different book from what I
normally read. It was raw and real and gritty. It was essentially a stream of consciousness,
presented from the mind of the narrator. I have to hand it to Cottrell, I have
never felt like I was actually in someone’s mind before, but this novel was
extremely convincing. Or, at least, it was very much like the inside of my mind
and how I think. Maybe it’s not normal, who knows?
This novel follows Helen
Moran after the death of her adoptive brother. She returns to the home of her
adoptive parents and proceeds to process her grief over his suicide. In her
grief, she decides to investigate his death in order to understand and come to
grips with why he would choose to take his own life.
I don’t actually have too
much to say about this one. It was okay. At times weird, others bordering on
humorous. Part of me wished we got to learn more about the brother. He was the
most interesting and enjoyable character. Though I guess this fits with the
longing and loss that surrounds the novel.
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