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"The Shut Eye" is a revoltingly racist story that Grove Atlantic should never have considered publishing. The general fault is Belinda Bauer's inadequate understanding of refugee and undocumented life and specifically her superficial knowledge of Hmong culture. The Hmong man in the book is completely shut off from everyone, a thing that would never happen given the fiercely loyal clan links that Hmong maintain wherever they are. She also neglects to explain how a Hmong, a man from a cultural group who have not been a significant refugee population for 40 years (and even before then were generally documented refugees), manages to end up in England without papers and without a network. This simply doesn't happen.

The worst thing is that the book's story is not about this Hmong man and the Hmong connection is completely unneeded. Any garden variety person would have been just as effective provided Ms Bauer could have concocted a story to fit. As it is she came across an account of one Hmong tradition and grafted it into her plot without a reality check. The result is breathtakingly insulting.

I received a review copy of "The Shut Eye" by Belinda Bauer (Grove Atlantic) through NetGalley.com.


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The Shut Eye eBook Belinda Bauer Reviews

This book was entertaining and readers had to suspend disbelief when it came to the mysticism and paranormal events. That didn't bother me. But what I found disappointing is that we never find out what really happened to one of the missing children. The child was part of so much of the book and not to give the readers a solution to the death and location of the body left the readers hanging. Although one family had a happy ending, the book felt incomplete without explaining what finally happened to the other missing child.
I would have rated higher but the ending fell flat and ruined the story. It is well written as far as plot and development but, for me, I need someone to root for and the main character, the police inspector, though not a perfect person, was the one I wanted to win in the story. And as it turned out you didn't even need him in the story, it was all resolved without him. I don't need a perfect outcome in stories--the missing can be found or not, dead or alive, because the story is about the search and the searchers, but I need the searchers to come out on top in some way and beat the bad guy.Not to have no part or no job satisfaction. Just not my thing. I'd be afraid to read ny more of Bauer's stories for fear that these type of endings is her thing.
A parent's worst nightmare comes true in Bauer's mystery novel. Little four-year-old Daniel Buck manages to slip out the door after his father leaves it slightly open when he goes to work. The boy disappears. Weeks pass and Anna Buck, the toddler's mother, is driven crazy with worry and anxiety. Her traumatized behavior creates more hardship for the boy's guilt-ridden father. After visiting a psychic, Anna starts developing a supernatural sense that she shares with DCI John Marvel, a jaded policeman who is haunted by his own demons.

Marvel is tormented by an unsolved case of a missing eleven-year-old girl who vanished long before Daniel. The policeman doesn't put much credence in psychic visions. In fact, the very same psychic Anna visited for help in finding the missing Daniel failed to help Marvel in his case of the missing girl.

James the father of the boy barely makes a living as a mechanic of the garage which is located just a few steps away from his apartment. He witnesses his wife's increasing break from reality daily as she scrubs the pavement where Daniel made his last steps in wet cement before disappearing.

Bauer's mystery is suspenseful, contains well-developed fascinating characters and is a pleasure to read. The reader is challenged to identify the culprit. The ratcheting tension is occasionally broken with sharp, dark humor. This book is satisfying in the way of a great memorable meal.
In "The Shut Eye," Belinda Bauer explores the overlap between police work, with its politics and procedures, and the nebulous but (in this book) valid world of psychic phenomena. Anna is a mother driven to the brink of madness by the disappearance of her 4-year-old son, and in desperation she visits a psychic. That visit opens in her a series of distressing visions, which to Inspector Marvel seem to correspond to the psychic's visions about another missing child. The two cases become linked in his mind, despite official disapproval and professional scorn. This relatively common element of the maverick/misunderstood detective is treated to a number of intriguing twists in this satisfying novel. I will link for more by this author.
Shut eye a performer who becomes so adept at mind reading that he believes he actually has psychic powers. I had never heard the term "shut eye" before.

After a few chapters of laying the background and developing characters, this book had me wondering if it was heading to the supernatural. Then BAM!! There's the Belinda Bauer I know and love!!

The unsolved case of Edie, a 12 year old girl who was kidnapped over a year ago, haunts DCI John Marvel. How is her case related to the abduction of four year old Daniel four months ago? And how the hell is it related to a missing dog?!

Poor John Marvel! He's grumpy, irritable, and sarcastic, but he's a softie inside. Oh, the situations he finds himself in and the things he does! I think his name is apt. He's a marvelous character.

There are many nuances in this book, so pay attention to the details. There are weird things happening, unexplainable things. Is there a logical explanation? I was completely immersed in this book and really didn't want it to end. Bauer writes so deliciously!
"The Shut Eye" is a revoltingly racist story that Grove Atlantic should never have considered publishing. The general fault is Belinda Bauer's inadequate understanding of refugee and undocumented life and specifically her superficial knowledge of Hmong culture. The Hmong man in the book is completely shut off from everyone, a thing that would never happen given the fiercely loyal clan links that Hmong maintain wherever they are. She also neglects to explain how a Hmong, a man from a cultural group who have not been a significant refugee population for 40 years (and even before then were generally documented refugees), manages to end up in England without papers and without a network. This simply doesn't happen.

The worst thing is that the book's story is not about this Hmong man and the Hmong connection is completely unneeded. Any garden variety person would have been just as effective provided Ms Bauer could have concocted a story to fit. As it is she came across an account of one Hmong tradition and grafted it into her plot without a reality check. The result is breathtakingly insulting.

I received a review copy of "The Shut Eye" by Belinda Bauer (Grove Atlantic) through NetGalley.com.