'Blast from the Past' by Ben Elton
20 August 2021
Having enjoyed ‘Time and Time Again’ (reviewed here in January 2021) I have been reading another Ben Elton novel, ‘Blast from the Past’ - a gripping thriller published in 1998. It’s not always a comfortable read - dealing with themes of sexual politics and sexual violence - but I certainly wanted to know what happened. The structure of the book feels more like a stage play, set mostly in a single room on a single night, with flashbacks to fill in the characters and how they came to know each other. The chapters are incredibly short, creating a fast-paced story which starts intriguing and builds to genuinely thrilling, with a series of great plot twists. It’s not entirely believable and the characters are not that sympathetic but it’s an exciting and unpredictable read.
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