A review by bookmarkedbyal
The Night Swim by Megan Goldin

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

TW: rape, murder, sexual assault

Rachel is the host of an incredibly successful true-crime podcast that puts listeners in the jury box. Her upcoming season is surrounding a rape case in a small town involving a star swimmer expected to go to the Olympics. But when Rachel starts getting mysterious letters from Hannah, a woman whose sister died 25 years earlier in that same small town, Rachel begins investigating two cases..because nobody is convinced that Jenny Stills actually drowned, and Rachel is dead set on uncovering her murderer.

This book took me 2 months to read. 😅 Every time I picked it up, I’d read a chapter and not be drawn in and put it back down. I feel like the entire first half was so slow and could’ve been done in a lot less pages. Once i got about half way it picked up and I needed to know how it ended. I will also note this book is very difficult to read. It deals with rape and includes some very graphic scenes. Overall, giving it a 3.5 stars. 
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