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The Night Swim by Megan Goldin

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hygge77's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I really enjoyed this book. It was a realistic story with difficult subject matter that was handled with care. It kept me guessing until the end.

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lunafairy023's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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gwenbooth's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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rae_bookmarkchronicles's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I enjoyed this. I think that the author did a good job capturing the nuances of these cases and the ways that victims are often blamed, shamed, and not believed. I like that we were sort of going through two cases at once and I was curious about how they were connected but I predicted that

the killer from the older case was the father of the current victim

by chapter 26

I will say that I was very annoyed by

Hannah constantly following Rachel and leaving her letters rather than just talking to her as if she weren't the one who reached out first. I understand that telling her story was hard but it turned into stalking and harassment after the first few letters and it was excessive

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