So I found this book at a book swap (I love those so much)
and figured I’d give it a shot since it’s the same author as Gone Girl and everyone seemed to like
that. (Disclosure: I’ve never read Gone
Girl so I don’t actually know how good it is.)
This book is a pretty quick read, and centers around two
child murders in a small, Southern town. The main character is a reporter who
is covering the murders, and in doing so needs to return to her hometown where
they took place. This turns out to be an unhealthy decision as she doesn’t get
on too well with her family.
This is compounded by the fact that she also recently got
out of a psych hospital for cutting words into her skin, which makes for a
unique narrative since she is constantly describing how different words are
“burning” into her body at times. This words then translate how she’s feeling
or what she is thinking about into something physical, which adds an
interesting layer to her psyche.
Honestly though, besides the protagonist it is really hard
to like any of the characters, the rest are just idiots that she’s stuck
dealing with.
Since this is a mystery, the ending is not one that you
would expect. But looking back on it, that is the direction that the plot was
going in the whole time, so it makes sense and flows naturally from the story.
So this is a good mystery and/or thriller novel with an
engaging and memorable narrator, the rest is pretty ehhhh.
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