Hi, today I'm reviewing The Department by Jacqueline Faber. This is a really, really good book. It's about a girl who goes missing, a young woman I should say, who goes missing. She's a college student and there's a philosophy professor protagonist, who is looking for her, thinking about what happened to her. And this is based on a totally random encounter he has with her. It's really kind of interesting the way he gets involved. It's very random, and I kind of like that actually, the random quality of life coming out in that moment and him being so intrigued by her being missing and things she was asking about, whether it was worth it to be a philosophy major or whatever. He's a philosophy professor and what struck me about him was how he simply could not get over not being with his ex-wife. He could not get over their divorce.
He is just stuck in this place and just very, very interesting. It's suspenseful because the cops start to wonder, why is this guy so interested in this student that he didn't even have in his class? Stuff like that. So there's a lot of suspense and tension. The narrative goes back and forth between the woman before she goes missing and the man who's looking and inquiring and the ex-wife. Yes, indeed, the ex-wife. Boy, she must be some kind of special. That's all I got to say about that. Well, maybe a little more.
Let's just say it does keep you guessing. It's a book that does keep you guessing and you have a tendency to say, okay, maybe that's too obvious, or maybe not. Maybe that's exactly what happened, and he has all sorts of speculations throughout. In any event, it's a wonderful read and I highly recommend it and it'll give you something to think about, especially that ending. Hoo boy. That's all. That's it. That's all of it. Thanks, and I will talk to you later.
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