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A review by auntieg0412
The Prophet by Michael Koryta
5.0
The Prophet is one of the most insightful, sad, and intense books I've ever come across. Marie Austin was a teen girl who was abducted and murdered, and her brothers Adam and Kent bear a massive load of guilt for failing to see her home from school that day. Their family is destroyed, their parents die not many years afterward, and Adam and Kent become estranged as they deal with the grief and guilt, searching for their own redemption in completely opposite ways.
Twenty years later, a teenage girl named Rachel is abducted and murdered in their town. Both Adam and Kent have a connection to Rachel, and they are forced to reunite as the investigation reveals a possible suspect and his motive. All the emotions from Marie's death come flooding back, nearly overwhelming them both.
Kent is the high school football coach so there is a lot of detail involving plays and such that went completely over my head. (I don't do football or sports of any kind!) But it was worth wading through, indeed it is important to the story. Koryta did a splendid job of subtly laying out the emotional agony of both brothers and the ways they tried to cope with it. The small-town atmosphere was well written, and the mystery itself concealed/revealed in a very intriguing fashion.
I highly recommend both this book and another Koryta, [b:Those Who Wish Me Dead|18587089|Those Who Wish Me Dead|Michael Koryta|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1382989843s/18587089.jpg|26327017].
Twenty years later, a teenage girl named Rachel is abducted and murdered in their town. Both Adam and Kent have a connection to Rachel, and they are forced to reunite as the investigation reveals a possible suspect and his motive. All the emotions from Marie's death come flooding back, nearly overwhelming them both.
Kent is the high school football coach so there is a lot of detail involving plays and such that went completely over my head. (I don't do football or sports of any kind!) But it was worth wading through, indeed it is important to the story. Koryta did a splendid job of subtly laying out the emotional agony of both brothers and the ways they tried to cope with it. The small-town atmosphere was well written, and the mystery itself concealed/revealed in a very intriguing fashion.
I highly recommend both this book and another Koryta, [b:Those Who Wish Me Dead|18587089|Those Who Wish Me Dead|Michael Koryta|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1382989843s/18587089.jpg|26327017].