thomasparneix

I just picked this up on a whim at the Goodwill because on the back, instead of a synopsis, is a quote from Stephen King saying that the book is creepy. I bought it because I trusted that if he said it's creepy, then I'd be creeped out. That was a fair assumption. The strange thing for me, in this book, was the focus on females. The main character, the kids who were murdered, the other creepy people in the book: All women. I think this is unique in murder-type books. Not sure that I've ever encountered that before. Especially for a first novel, I think the pacing and the tone was great. Both were set early on and were consistent throughout the book. Like a good mystery book, she made you jump to conclusions, then question those conclusions then question your questioning. I enjoyed the twist at the end and how everything turned out. There wasn't this soothing "everything is ok" ending, which was dark and kind of difficult to read, but so was the rest of the book, so I liked it. For sure a creepy, dark read, but it is well written and I liked it.

2023-06-08 14:41