The Ottawa Way: Guilty by Gender in Canada's Capital

The Ottawa Way: Guilty by Gender in Canada's Capital by Demetrios Angelis
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The Ottawa Way, from the title, cover image and the story within, is a vast, quite complex tale of one man's fight through the Canadian justice system. A rather in-depth background exploration could be very interesting.

However, the inclusion of historical and autobiographical details might also feel excessive, although I hasten to add, some details such as the family dynamics, are necessary. Like me, though, you might prefer a book that dives straight into the crime.

Aside from all of this, The Ottawa Way is a well-written novel and it is hard not to feel sympathy towards the author for the difficulties he and his family had to experience.

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