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challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Nicole Lundrigan knows how to create a mood.
I previously read The Substitute and absolutely enthralled me. And provided twists I didn't know needed twisting.
An Unthinkable Thing was no different. I whipped through it in two nights.
Thomas Ware is 11 years old in the summer of 1958. His world is turned over when his aunt Celia, who raised him since birth, is found murdered.
He is taken to live with his mother Esther, who has been a domestic servant for the elite Henneberry family for many years.
When the Henneberrys are shot and killed, Thomas is the one charged with murder.
I loved this book. Nicole Lundrigan's dark literary fiction is note-perfect and she knows how to set a thoroughly unsettling scene.
Chapters are interspersed with court testimony and forensic reports, giving us information on the crime to which we are still reading the lead-up.
The story is told from Thomas's POV, giving us a unique take on a most unnerving household.
Recommended!
⚠️ DM for TW.
I previously read The Substitute and absolutely enthralled me. And provided twists I didn't know needed twisting.
An Unthinkable Thing was no different. I whipped through it in two nights.
Thomas Ware is 11 years old in the summer of 1958. His world is turned over when his aunt Celia, who raised him since birth, is found murdered.
He is taken to live with his mother Esther, who has been a domestic servant for the elite Henneberry family for many years.
When the Henneberrys are shot and killed, Thomas is the one charged with murder.
I loved this book. Nicole Lundrigan's dark literary fiction is note-perfect and she knows how to set a thoroughly unsettling scene.
Chapters are interspersed with court testimony and forensic reports, giving us information on the crime to which we are still reading the lead-up.
The story is told from Thomas's POV, giving us a unique take on a most unnerving household.
Recommended!
⚠️ DM for TW.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Car accident, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Rape
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