A review by books_baking_brews
Into the Water by Paula Hawkins

3.0

I'd really say 3.5 stars. This book opens with a death and a woman dragged back to a town, Beckford, she seemed desperate to escape. Beckford has a history of troubled women, all of whom meet their fate in a river that snakes in and around the town both constricting and defining it. I haven’t read Hawkins first book, The Girl on the Train, but her sophomore effort was a pretty easy read; easy except for the plethora of narrators and points of view. I often found myself asking, “Which one is Nickie/Erin/Louise?” But it gets easier as you move through and the multiple twists that reveal themselves at the end are worth the price. I would have to say none of the characters are particularly lovable, but I was intrigued enough by the whodunit mystery of it all to see this through.