Thank You to Celadon Books for the advanced copy of this book in exchange for my review.
I really enjoyed this book and when I saw others comparing it to The Girls I was worried I wouldn't enjoy it seeing as I wasn't a fan of that book. There were so many aspects of this book that I enjoyed though and part of it was the narrator.
I usually hate when I'm confused by the narrator and who is telling the story. This book shifts between telling the story in the 1st person point of view, though Claire's perspective, and the 3rd person point of view coming from all other characters who play a part in this story. It gets a bit confusing and you start to wonder if maybe the third person is Claire's view too but her trying to see things how these people would.
Something else I enjoyed was how descriptive each scene was, I could picture myself on vacation with this family and then again with Claire as she stalks Clive. I thought it made the book so much harder to put down because I didn't want to leave this other world I was immersed and invested in now.
Honestly, this book is part of why I love adult fiction especially thrillers. They confuse me so much and I have to process them with others to know what happened. I love that everyone reads a different book and so much is left to the reader's imagination.
I highly recommend this to those of you who like thrillers and mysteries. Maybe a good book to read while on vacation and give yourself some themed nightmares.
I really enjoyed this book and when I saw others comparing it to The Girls I was worried I wouldn't enjoy it seeing as I wasn't a fan of that book. There were so many aspects of this book that I enjoyed though and part of it was the narrator.
I usually hate when I'm confused by the narrator and who is telling the story. This book shifts between telling the story in the 1st person point of view, though Claire's perspective, and the 3rd person point of view coming from all other characters who play a part in this story. It gets a bit confusing and you start to wonder if maybe the third person is Claire's view too but her trying to see things how these people would.
Something else I enjoyed was how descriptive each scene was, I could picture myself on vacation with this family and then again with Claire as she stalks Clive. I thought it made the book so much harder to put down because I didn't want to leave this other world I was immersed and invested in now.
Honestly, this book is part of why I love adult fiction especially thrillers. They confuse me so much and I have to process them with others to know what happened. I love that everyone reads a different book and so much is left to the reader's imagination.
I highly recommend this to those of you who like thrillers and mysteries. Maybe a good book to read while on vacation and give yourself some themed nightmares.