Reviews

The Silence by Mary McGarry Morris

ashleylynnreads's review

5.0

5 stars!!! Fantastic plot, storyline, banter, and well done with the narrator's performance! This is such a sad, morbid, and real story because this has happened to so many children which hurts me to my core. Please note this thriller deals with alcohol abuse, child abuse, sexual assault, and religious people hiding wrongs in the church. This story makes you realize that one bad person in a religion can make people turn away from it. We just have to remember that not all who believe in a greater power are bad and not all who believe are good either.

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Ch!ld Death
Religious Leaders that are Evil

bookhorror's review

3.0

The start of this book was very engaging along with the end. The middle seemed a bit drawn out. I started to get bored during the middle but stayed with it because I wanted to know what happened. The ending was good, the narration was good. It was an enraging story line because of how much truth lied within it. Overall decent book that’s was entertaining.

marcirenee1974's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Such a good but sad and infuriating read! Also it was a fantastic commentary on the predatory pedophile priests and how they were protected by the church and community and how many lives they left ruined in their wake. So many people in this book were hiding things and lying about things and ruining Ruth's life - thinking she was a murderer her entire life! How rude! Like no one thought to wonder why the priest was so chummy with little girls all the time? WTAF!!

This was my 1st book by Mary McGarry Morris but will definitely not be my last!!


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summerbende's review against another edition

2.0

I’m not sure how this book is considered a mystery or a thriller. There was no surprises in this book at all. It was so long and drawn out. I did not enjoy this book.  

toriestories06's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

shauntelle_reads's review against another edition

2.0

I liked the premise of this book, as it possessed a plot that was different than the normal thriller. With that being said, there were long periods where nothing really happened. I found myself bored during certain points. There was a lot of time wasted where things were repetitive with no one believing the main character and her being frustrated with no one listening to her. 

The characters were very hard to connect to. There was not much character development, so I struggled to get to know any of the characters or to truly care about what happened in the end. When the ending came, it was in an abrupt manner. I was also hoping for a twist that would blow me away, but that didn't happen.

Thank you to NetGalley and HighBridge Audio for this ALC in exchange for my honest review.

stellyshadows's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Thanks to Netgalley for this arc. Right from the beginning this was so interesting. We follow two little girls Ruth and Ceely, they have a complicated "friendship" but it was so interesting to learn about how the act around each other and how they felt about certain things. Later that one day when they went into the woods Ceely ends up dead and we follow Ruth in her older years after becoming a cop herself and solving this murder that happened 25 years ago but she's determined to find put the slimy person behind bars and get justice for Ceely even though Ruth is reliving the memories she blocked away and living with survival's guilt as everyone around her believe it's her fault that Ceely died although she thinks she did nothing wrong at all. I loved the progression of this story and we get to see how Ruth deals with her life and job day by day and dealing with unravelling the mysteries behind Ceely's death. This audiobook was awesome and I highly recommend listening to it if you can, I wasn't expecting this at all, it really is worth the read.