The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon

The Drowning Kind

Jennifer McMahon

319 pages • first pub 2021 (view editions)

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The Drowning Kind is tailor-made for readers who relish a dual-timeline mystery that binds a grief-haunted social worker, a wish-granting spring with a deadly price, and a generations-old family estate whose dark history surfaces only when another body breaks the water’s surface.

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Be careful what you wish for.When social worker Jax receives nine missed calls from her older sister, Lexie, she assumes that it’s just another one of her sister’s episodes. Manic and increasingly out of touch with reality, Lexie has pushed Jax aw...

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Community Reviews

3.76
based on 4,867 reviews

Moods

dark: 90%

mysterious: 87%

tense: 51%

emotional: 42%

sad: 38%

reflective: 8%

adventurous: 7%

challenging: 7%

Pace

18% of readers chose fast
66% of readers chose medium
14% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

22% of readers chose Plot
52% of readers chose A mix
23% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

41% of readers chose Yes
29% of readers chose Complicated
28% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

29% of readers chose Yes
43% of readers chose Complicated
25% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

12% of readers chose Yes
3% of readers chose Complicated
79% of readers chose No
4% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

69% of readers chose Yes
18% of readers chose Complicated
11% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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