During a family vacation on the (fictional) Caribbean island of Saint X, Alison Thomas, a freshman at Princeton University goes missing, leaving her father, mother, and seven year old sister, Claire, devastated. The book is largely told from the perspectives of Claire, now a twenty-something in New York City, and Clive, one of the suspects in Alison's disappearance after Claire unexpectedly gets into Clive's cab in the city. After that happenstance meeting, Claire's primary objective becomes learning exactly what happened to her sister, Clive's actual role in Alison's disappearance, and trying to better understand who her sister was.
This book is a slow simmer, eventually leading to the truth of what happened to Alison. It's a lesson in just how little you can know someone that you think you know really well. The book covers many themes--race, class, privilege--and is very thought-provoking. Unlike the book's beautiful cover, the book's story reveals some ugly truths.
Thank you to BookishFirst for a free ARC in exchange for an honest review.
This book is a slow simmer, eventually leading to the truth of what happened to Alison. It's a lesson in just how little you can know someone that you think you know really well. The book covers many themes--race, class, privilege--and is very thought-provoking. Unlike the book's beautiful cover, the book's story reveals some ugly truths.
Thank you to BookishFirst for a free ARC in exchange for an honest review.