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A review by havdic
The Crow Girl by Erik Axl Sund
2.0
To start off, this took me forever to finish. I was indeed busy at times but the book/story slowed me down a bit, was hard to read and get through at times. Not to mention my edition/version of the book was nearly over 800 pages long... I didn’t know there were three separate books put together in one. Anyways, I was very excited to read this. It was actually a recommendation from a friend on Instagram, and when I heard it’s a psychological thriller/crime, I couldn’t resist; one of my favorite genres.
This story is definitely one of a kind and nothing like I’ve read before. I liked some of the characters, the twists (!!!!) and police/investigational work, but, to be honest, the underlying topic that the story revolves around—sexual abuse and the psychological trauma that follows, left me speechless and at times I couldn’t handle to read through.
I’ve always been, and still am a huge fan of psych thrillers, I love reading about mental health, psych trauma, etc, and expanding my views, but I wasn’t expecting this book to go into such detail about sexual abuse (within family and surrounding individuals) and psychological trauma the way it did to the point where I don’t think I appreciate it, unfortunately. I was so close to just putting it down and forgetting about it, but I kept reading and reading... and the ending was so disappointing to me. Not what I had anticipated, to say the least. It felt very abrupt and unfinished; I wish there were more to the story just to get that satisfaction.
This story is definitely one of a kind and nothing like I’ve read before. I liked some of the characters, the twists (!!!!) and police/investigational work, but, to be honest, the underlying topic that the story revolves around—sexual abuse and the psychological trauma that follows, left me speechless and at times I couldn’t handle to read through.
I’ve always been, and still am a huge fan of psych thrillers, I love reading about mental health, psych trauma, etc, and expanding my views, but I wasn’t expecting this book to go into such detail about sexual abuse (within family and surrounding individuals) and psychological trauma the way it did to the point where I don’t think I appreciate it, unfortunately. I was so close to just putting it down and forgetting about it, but I kept reading and reading... and the ending was so disappointing to me. Not what I had anticipated, to say the least. It felt very abrupt and unfinished; I wish there were more to the story just to get that satisfaction.