Bill is a widower trying desperately to keep his head, and the head of his daughter Sally, above water. After the death of his wife things have not gone well for him; all his money went to the care of his sick wife, he lost his job, and now he is struggling to pay his bills. He decides to rent out a room to Karla, a law student with aspirations to be a judge. Karla also works as a house cleaner, and when a husband and wife she cleans for are found dead she and Bill are swept up into a murder investigation, putting their respective secrets in danger of being exposed.
While I enjoyed The Woman Inside, it was such a slow build, making it hard to get into the story. Using multiple narrators and short chapters to tell the events, suspense was created that, once things started really going, made it difficult to put the book down, but getting to that point took some time. Many of the characters seemed honest and relatable. I couldn’t help but love Bill, mistakes and all, because the intense love he has for his daughter was the catalyst for his actions.The ending was a little flat for me however. I had most of what happened figured out rather early on and it seemed a little abrupt. I honestly wanted more from the follow-up to A Nearly Normal Family.
While I enjoyed The Woman Inside, it was such a slow build, making it hard to get into the story. Using multiple narrators and short chapters to tell the events, suspense was created that, once things started really going, made it difficult to put the book down, but getting to that point took some time. Many of the characters seemed honest and relatable. I couldn’t help but love Bill, mistakes and all, because the intense love he has for his daughter was the catalyst for his actions.The ending was a little flat for me however. I had most of what happened figured out rather early on and it seemed a little abrupt. I honestly wanted more from the follow-up to A Nearly Normal Family.