Suspense

I liked this okay, but I wish I had read some content warnings first: There's a fair amount of sexual content, and depictions of cruelty to animals, domestic violence, infidelity...it's a long list. Obviously, the plot revolves around the death of a child, so there's that, too. And there's a lot of profanity (especially the f-word), including the names of God and Jesus misused.

As far as the mystery part goes, I saw nearly all the twists way ahead of time. The curse of the analytical brain, I guess… makes it hard to be surprised.

It did feel a tad long. At around 75% through, it felt like it should be wrapping up, but it was still going on. ( )

Some people said the first half of the book was slow. I personally thought it was perfect paced and I was never bored. But if you prefer a page-turner from the beginning, it might be a bit slow for you.

An amazing twIst half way though. I even flipped back a couple of pages to see if I had missed something. The book suddenly turns and the whole of the second half is absolutely spectacular. The tension is relentless.

Brilliant! ( )

Here is what you need to remember if reading the book- it begins with the death of a 5 year old boy!

The twist absolutely floored me so much that I put the book down because I had to stop reading it.

The book also gets dark, really dark. Just remember it begins with the death of a 5 year old, type dark.

I just finished it and I am at a loss of what to write, but I will put up a fuller review. ( )

Beth's bookclub book for June. Emotional and chilling with a good twist, pretty brutal and don't like so much violence. ( )