This is the first book I\u2019ve read by this author, but I have seen \u201cGone Girl\u201d which was made from a subsequent book by this writer. The movie and this book lead me to believe that the author has a gritty style – a little more off the beaten path with her characters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The main character in this book was constantly making bad decisions, and as the story progressed we learned just how damaged she was. I wanted to root for her but she just made bad call after bad call and in the end I was less invested in her ultimate fate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The story itself was compelling – big city girl comes back to her small town and reports on a string of murders happening there. I enjoyed the interactions between her and the locals, and divining all the interior motives. The writer has a great sense of pacing and there weren\u2019t any unnecessary breaks or pauses in the story, so it had me turning the pages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I felt the ending was a little contrived, with a hurried twist that didn\u2019t seem natural, and a boss that went way beyond the call of duty in taking care of his junior staff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So this was a fairly entertaining book, but the character turned me off. I wonder if other books by this author have the same kind of unlikable narrators\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next I am reading The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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