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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A story from the POV of the daughter of a women who was kidnapped at a young age and the man who raised her. Not knowing she was kidnapped until her teenage years and the way it changed her life for good and for bad.
I’ve wanted to read this book for probably 4 years. I finally purchased it when I saw it at a book store on a table that was labeled as “Michigan fiction”. I loved the story line, and would have gladly given it 5 stars if I didn’t get victim blaming vibes from it. Other than that, I absolutely loved it.
Only had a sample taste and I will read the full book and edit my review when I do. The sample is just grabbing! The end of this just threw my head into WHAT mode.
Bring on the full version
Oh my I forgot to finish this once I got the full book! So naughty of me.
Fantastic book. I just got carried away with it, definitely need more by this author. The characters are so real and the story is excellent. Can't describe fully how great it is, it's a must read and see
Bring on the full version
Oh my I forgot to finish this once I got the full book! So naughty of me.
Fantastic book. I just got carried away with it, definitely need more by this author. The characters are so real and the story is excellent. Can't describe fully how great it is, it's a must read and see
Atmospheric and very true to the vibe of the remote Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Not your typical abduction psychological thriller, as it's told from the perspective of the daughter born from a kidnapper raping his captive -- That perspective is skewed by the fact that the daughter did not know the circumstances behind the isolated homestead in which she grew up, so on top of the trauma of discovering that you are born of a terrible crime, there is the mindfuck of actually having been raised to love and admire the father who is the source of a captivity that is not fully understood.
The story alternates chapters between the modern-day timeline in which Helena discovers that her father has escaped from prison and decides to use the tracking skills he taught her to hunt him down faster than the law can; and flashbacks of growing up in a remote cabin in a marshland. As time passes Helena finally begins to realize that her father is not the man of the land she admired, but a cruel, psychopathic killer.
The timelines align seamlessly, interspersed with an analogous telling of the traditional Marsh King's Daughter fairytale
This was very up my alley - fast-paced psychological horror mixed with abduction. Highly recommend.
The story alternates chapters between the modern-day timeline in which Helena discovers that her father has escaped from prison and decides to use the tracking skills he taught her to hunt him down faster than the law can; and flashbacks of growing up in a remote cabin in a marshland. As time passes Helena finally begins to realize that her father is not the man of the land she admired, but a cruel, psychopathic killer.
The timelines align seamlessly, interspersed with an analogous telling of the traditional Marsh King's Daughter fairytale
This was very up my alley - fast-paced psychological horror mixed with abduction. Highly recommend.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Intense story about a daughter’s choices following her fathers escape from prison. The humanity Dionne provides Helena is very believable. And her description of the UP nature is incredibly accurate and atmospheric
I'm not sure if this character was written as intentionally dense, and irritating because of the trauma she suffered in her early childhood. But there's just something about the phrases "I know what my father did was wrong but he was doing the best he could with what he had" and "He had no choice but to do what he did to my mother" in reference to child abduction and sexual abuse that I couldn't continue after 5th chapter. If I had been reading a physical copy of this I would have thrown it across the room.
Content Warnings
Minor: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Kidnapping
I was hooked from start to finish! I was trying to put my finger on why it was such a thriller when most of the book was a flashback. I think it was that you had to read the flashbacks to keep the current (suspenseful) plot moving. Genius, and the flashbacks were the interesting parts for me. It also made me wonder if all settings are described as thoroughly as the U.P. was here. Helena called it 'the Upper Peninsula of Michigan' so many times- why not just once and then call it the U.P.? She seemed to explain rural life to the reader as if it was so exotic/rare/foreign that it needed subtitles! :) It was really fun to read a book set in the U.P. though!