“It’s Jenny, isn’t it?” Mom rasped, clutching the lapel of her faded dressing gown. But I saw the will to live drain out of her the moment the policeman knocked on our screen door. Killed her as good as if she’d been shot in the chest with a twelve-gauge shotgun. It was Jenny’s death that killed my mother. TW: graphic descriptions of repeated gang rapes and victim shamingĪmazon | Books-A-Million | Barnes & Noble | Macmillan The subject matter was handled respectfully and sensitively and there is an important message about victim blaming, but I was hoping for a more powerful resolution. It was difficult to believe that everyone was so willing to give her information about the case and I didn’t get a real sense of Rachel’s personality. I felt a lot of empathy for both of the victims but I didn’t connect with Rachel like I wanted to. This is not a fast paced title and I didn’t feel the same tension as with her previous book. Rachel is an interesting main character and it’s a clever concept to have her investigating by day and recording her podcast by night. The second storyline is more mysterious and is slowly revealed through letters Rachel receives from “Hannah” who thinks her sister was murdered 25 years ago. One is the rape trial of a local boy accused of raping a high school girl. There are two storylines at play that Rachel Krall is investigating for her popular podcast.

I was eager to read this new title from Megan Goldin since I thought her debut, The Escape Room was very well done. Martins Publishing Group for the blog tour of THE NIGHT SWIM by Megan Goldin. Hello Bookworms! I’m so honored to be partnering with St.

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