When I read The Accidental I commented that it would have been better if I hadn’t read it more slowly. So I deliberately attacked this book at speed. There are four interconnected sections and I read each in a single sitting, ripping through the pages and not stopping to think about it. And enjoyed the book very much as a result. Definitely not a book to savour, but a good one all the same, and heaven help whoever gets to study this one in school at some point in the future!