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Starting today.

starting today!

Now @ page 131. Seems this may be a Marmite book & unsure which way l shall go. Probably not a good choice for readers looking for a thriller offering a quick & easy story but the range of characters & varying POVs is intriguing.

Well, I learned something today...I had to go look up 'Marmite book' as I had not heard it before. I will definitely adopt that phrase going forward!

I started this a couple of weeks ago when the copy arrived at my library for me. I have to say I bailed around page 50 and returned it.
I think it was too complex for what was going on in my life at the time. Guess I'm a 'not Marmite fan' in this case.

Interesting Mary! I opted out at about the same point but unlike you i haven't gone back.

I dont think I made it to page 50. So disappointed.

I finished the book yesterday. I did not find the multiply POV's confusing at all. It takes time to set up all of the story lines, it will come together. I found it an interesting build up a sort of gothic Midsomer Murders.

Marianne wrote: "I finished the book yesterday. I did not find the multiply POV's confusing at all. It takes time to set up all of the story lines, it will come together. I found it an interesting build up a sort o..."

There did seem to be too many POVs, but I was also frustrated by the lack of progress in the story line when it moved from one to another.

I finished Into The Water a couple of days ago. I did enjoy the story but it definitely took time to get to know all the characters. Bill summed it up perfectly by calling it a Marmite book, either you love it or hate it. Personally I think the story did not pick up until part 2.
This book had the perfect plot, Katie and her affair with Mark her school teacher and the rape of Jess when she was a teenager. This story did not have a big cliff hanger ending but the ends were neatly tied. In my review I mentioned this book reminded me of a Midsummer Murder full of dark secrets, sex and betrayal in a sleepy English village.

My review is up on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ & on my blog billkupersmith.blog. What I
most liked was Hawkins' going against the typecasting both for the police & the victims. But if you like conventional straightforward thrillers you'll be frustrated. May put some more specific remarks in the spoiler thread.