A murder on an island, haunting and descriptive tale.

filled star filled star filled star filled star star unfilled
lizzierva Avatar

By

So I have been mulling over this book for a about a week since finishing it. I have been trying to figure out my exact feelings on it. I am going to go with 3.5 stars. I was all in on this one, once I read the blurb and an excerpt. While on vacation on Saint X, the body of young Alison is found dead. Several years later, her younger sister Claire is determined to find out what really happened to her sister Alison on that island.

I had a hard time in the beginning of the book. It was almost an over wordy description of the island, everyone on it, and what they were all doing. It was also told almost as setting the stage for the show to come. And then the show came. Once I got past the beginning and the descriptions, I was involved enough to keep going. I really just wanted to know what happened to Allison. This book really does follow a family and you can see how the death of a loved one really does touch every part of every family member's life.

The idea of Claire being so absolutely consumed by her sister's death was a bit of a struggle for me. She was so young when it happened yet it seemed to follow her well into adulthood, and she even lost a job due to her obsession. I felt the overly descriptive nature of the author came back to haunt us in several chapters. The writing was beautiful but I felt as though it was a bit too much.

I stuck in it because I was invested at this point and really wanted to know what happened to our young heroine. This is a haunting novel, as you can certainly see how much this murder was involved in everyone's life. And this novel also truly stayed with me over this past week. I have been thinking of it constantly. This was a solid 3.5 stars but I am rounding up because as I said, it's been a week since I finished and I am still thinking about it.

Thank you to the publishers and the author for providing a copy for me to read and review.