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A review by jamiethome
The Night Olivia Fell by Christina McDonald
4.0
Thank you to Simon and Schuster for the copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Given that we know from the onset who was hurt (Olivia) and how she got hurt (she fell from a bridge in the middle of the night), the mystery and suspense in this novel comes from the struggle her overprotective mother (Abi) has to find out what actually happened that night. At the beginning, Abi is the only one who believes that Olivia was pushed off the bridge, and slowly begins to unravel the events that put Olivia in a coma. An added twist to the stress that Abi has to deal with is that Olivia is brain dead, and pregnant---they have to keep her alive to save the baby.
Told with alternating points of view between Abi (after the fall) and Olivia (the months and days before the fall), The Night Olivia Fell is a complex and heart-wrenching look at the depths of the relationship between mothers and daughters, and how secrets can fester in even the closest families.
Given that we know from the onset who was hurt (Olivia) and how she got hurt (she fell from a bridge in the middle of the night), the mystery and suspense in this novel comes from the struggle her overprotective mother (Abi) has to find out what actually happened that night. At the beginning, Abi is the only one who believes that Olivia was pushed off the bridge, and slowly begins to unravel the events that put Olivia in a coma. An added twist to the stress that Abi has to deal with is that Olivia is brain dead, and pregnant---they have to keep her alive to save the baby.
Told with alternating points of view between Abi (after the fall) and Olivia (the months and days before the fall), The Night Olivia Fell is a complex and heart-wrenching look at the depths of the relationship between mothers and daughters, and how secrets can fester in even the closest families.